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Preparation

Posted on Wednesday, January 3, 2018

God has been preparing me for this time in Germany for a long time.  There are probably things you could point at from even my childhood that point toward what I am about to do.  More obvious probaby is how He has prepared me in the last year and a half; even more obviously in the last 4 months.  Since the last week in August, I've been working toward getting fully funded to go to Berlin.  It's not always been an easy road, but I've seen the Lord show up for me in absolutely incredible ways in the last few months.  As support raising slows down, I have had time to reflect and begin preparation for the next steps. 

Now, I'm on to preparing in more practical ways for the adventure that awaits me.  I have a list of things to do, to buy, and to give away that have to be completed in the next month and a half; I have 2 years worth of stuff to pack into 3 suitcases and an attempt at putting the rest of my life in bins so I don't have to pack everything up once I get back.  I've been slowly sorting and packing away my things since May, so that I don't have a roomful of things I no longer want when I return.  I have a long list of people that I want to make sure I spend time with before I go; I have doctor's appointments, bank meetings, and a long line at the BMV ahead of me.  It seems, at times, that there are an overwhelming amount of things to do in this short period of time, with more things being added to the list daily.  

And yet...the absolute most important thing to put on that list is also almost always the first things to get taken off the list when I'm busy.  

Psalm 62:1 says, "Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from Him."

All these things on my list that are seemingly so urgent; so important even that I cross off spending time with the Lord so that I "have enough time" to finish everything else, end up being less overwhelming when I take time to spend time with God.  It's kind of funny to me that this whole process is being done for God--He's why I started this journey, He brought me here, He's why I am doing what I'm doing--yet somehow, I still get lost in the mess and in the process of things just as easily as I always have.  I forget to whom I should look to when I am overwhelmed, when I can't see what lies ahead. When I spend time with God, when I remember where my help comes from, that is when I truly rest in His presence, when I can truly find joy in all things!

As I prepare to leave, there are a lot of practical things that I need to take care of.  But I am striving to remember, and I would like to ask for prayer as well, that my personal relationship with God should never take the back seat to anything, and that I should always make spending time with the Lord my highest priority. 

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