God is calling and the enemy is challenging

Hey everyone! 

So this is my first ever blog post and I am so excited to share what is on my heart. I am in no means a writer and really have no idea what a blog is supposed to look like but I am just going to dive right in!

About a month ago God had spoken to me about the World Race. It had become so evident that he was calling me out to take a leap of faith and trust in him so I applied and even got accepted almost a week later. It  was amazing the amount of support I was getting from everyone around me. Almost too good to be true. I was in awe of God, his goodness, and how He is showing me where I am supposed to be next. Of course there is an “and then” part to this story… And then the enemy.

Isn’t it funny how the enemy likes to attack us in the midst of our high? Every time we seem to feel on top of the world with God he creeps in there with a lie. He started to tell my family that this trip was not safe. That I was not going to be safe. He said the World race was an unreliable mission trip. They also were so nervous about the fundraising page. They hated that all of the money donated would not be given back if I decided not to go or something happened to me. He said so many lies that I got scared. I got so scared, discouraged, and hopeless in so little time. He completely crushed me in less then 24 hours. The enemy has a funny way of doing that. He gets to us in ways he know can really affect us. He knew how much I seek my families approval and how important their support is to me. Luckil, God has given me incredible friends that snapped me out of that almost 4 hours after. 

I told my friends all about how discouraged I was, how i felt like everything is destroyed, and I wasnt even sure if I was going to go anymore. All of them had told me that this was the enemy. They knew God was so clear in my calling and how right it was that i was going on the world race. They told me to continue to trust the Lord and to live without fear. Tia, an amazing women of God, my mentor, my friend and my track leader all in one gave me the best advice of it all (I feel like I just needed to emphasize how amazing Tia truly is lol). I told her all of the things the enemy was doing. All about how the fundraising page was not what I was going to be using anymore because people might not get there money back if I decide not to go. My parents thought it  would be better, even though i knew in my heart I was set on it, I agreed.

Tia said the smallest thing, she said: “But is that what God wants you to do?” WOAH. She really checked me there. I know, such a small comment. Something that seems almost silly to consider. Did God want me to change my fundraising page to something that was safer to my parents? No, He did not. Making a seperate page would be me telling God I trust him but not fully. It would be me saying “Yes God i accept this calling but I cant say I am trusting you fully that this is from you and that I am going to follow through.” I KNOW this is Gods calling for me. I KNOW the enemy is telling me I made all of this up.

John 10:27 says “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.” I know God and I know Gods voice. The enemy will continue to tell me otherwise but God will tell me 100 times more that I know him. We serve a GOOD God. My friends continued to encourage me and told me to listen to God and to clear the enemy out of my head so thats what I continued to do.

From there on I continued to pray and ask God to reveal to them how good this trip is. I decided from that point I was not going to live a life of fear. I was not going to be afraid to look crazy for God. I continued to just trust in God fully and decided not be be afraid. I told God that I trust him to keep me safe and I told him I would not fear any possibilities and I would not be afraid of peoples opinions or afraid of not raising enough money. I gave everything to God. I will look crazy for God no matter what people think even if it does not make sense. I will not let the enemy tell me I do not know Gods voice because I in fact know Him and His voice. I serve an incredible, amazing and faithful God. I knew I seeked my families approval but I knew in Gods timing they would be in support again. 

I told God I was going to be obedient and that if It took my family thinking I was crazy and them not supporting me anymore, I did not care. I told him I did not care of anyones opinion other than His. God told me this was what I was doing and I was sold out for His Kingdom. I am sold to serve God 100%. I continued for a week to tell him that nobody could change my mind that I was going to follow him wherever he called me. My obedience lead to my families approval. I was putting all of my trust in God whether my family was going to support it or not. I was firm in my foundation of Christ and my mind was not changing. He turned there minds upside down. My mom sent me a text of how proud she was of me for putting my faith in God and that I was right that I should not live in fear because God tells us we should not. My whole family is in full support of this decision all because of God’s faithfulness to me and my obedience. How amazing our God is. 

God is always calling us somewhere and the enemy is always going to challenge us. I want to end this by giving you some questions to ask youorself and God about. Where in your life is the enemy challenging you? Where is he telling you that you are weak, when God says you are strong? Where is it  that God is calling you right now? Is He calling you out of your comfort zone? Out of fear? Out of insecurity? Is God calling you to a place? Is he calling you to just go and to not look back? I want you to think about who God is calling you to be and where God is calling you to go!

Thank you for reading my first ever blog and I hope you enjoy! 

P.s. I know God is going to provide financially for this trip. If he puts it    on your heart to give, will you consider giving any amount? Continue to keep me in your prayers as I go on this journey! Thank you 🙂