Hand Picked Kicking and Screaming

While on the World Race our Squad of 44 Racers is broken up into teams of 6 or 7 who live and do ministry together! Our teams were chosen by a ton of prayer on the part of staff and our Leadership and by doing team building activities several nights at training camp with different groups of people. After each activity the potential team would break down what went well, what went poorly, and why. About halfway through Camp we got our final team assignments and I absolutely love mine! Each Team has a Team Leader and a Team Treasurer, our team actually has some other roles too but more on that later. 

The first time I heard the term treasurer I didn’t know what it was, but I knew it was a responsibility I didn’t want to have and I foolishly told God this. I prayed “I do not want to do that, please don’t let that ever be me” and I knew his answer was “I hear you.” Every time I heard any mention of this position I had the same conversation with the Lord. Well, as He so often does, my Father gave me what I needed and not what I wanted. The day after our teams were announced one of our squad leaders pulled me aside and asked me to attend a meeting for potential treasurers, my heart sank and I knew what my answer needed to be. I don’t mind telling you I was really annoyed at the Lord right then. He knew how I felt about this and was going to ask me to do it anyway! Long story short I was obedient (which, by the way, was my word for 2020) and I’m now the Treasurer for my team. 

As we get close to launch (8 days!) there are so many things that I wonder and can become concerned about, leaving for a year, packing for a year, what my life will be like for the next year.  But it’s been such a comfort to know that being my team’s treasurer isn’t one of those things to worry about, it’s one of the few things about this next year that succeed or fail I find easy to place in God’s hands. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is His will for me. And so, whenever I start to wonder about all the what if’s surrounding this position, I remind myself that I was hand picked by God for this. He could have chosen anyone, but he chose me. I can’t wait to see all he’s going to do in and through me while I do my best to honor him with this responsibility.