Challenged

I'm currently away from home and probably will be for the next six months or so.

Today my mom asked our church to pray for me. She stood up to praise God for bringing this opportunity to me and for making it possible for me to be pursuing what I am. She asked for the church to pray that I would bring God glory while I am away and that He would draw me ever closer to Himself.

(Notice, she did not specifically ask for prayers for my safety or protection or health or any of that....)

I talked to her on the phone and as she told me all of this I was challenged. As I begin to meet to people and the fact that I'm really away from home and in a new place begins to settle in, I'm growing extra cautious. I'm fighting the anxious feeling of wondering if I'm really doing the right thing. So many people have told me to "be careful".

Now, I should certainly go on serving God in this time and living by His Truth just as I do while I'm at home. I should not be anxious about anything. I should not be worried about my safety or any of that.

As I heard my mom talking I realized that as I seek to bring God glory and draw nearer to Him I will indeed be safe and protected and doing the right thing. As I pray the way Jesus taught me and have others praying for me the same way - we all join one another in relying fully on God!!!

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy Kingdom come,

Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom, and glory, and the power forever.

Amen.

No matter what happens, as I seek God and serve Him - I trust that He will be glorified and I will grow closer to Him.