We live in a world surrounded by media. Movies and shows
overtake a major part of our time and thoughts. This season, we are drowning in
the Avengers waves. People everywhere are going on and on about this
movie. I have no doubt that it’s a great movie and I even want to see it
myself, but tonight, thinking about it, I realized how things like this build
our expectations.
With June 19th (my mission trip to Venezuela) quickly approaching, I am
currently in a phase where my nerves are in bundles, hiding in the pit of my
stomach. For months now, we have been preparing, praying and counting down the
days until we take flight into this amazing journey God has planned. I am
excited, don’t get me wrong, and I understand that saying I have knots in my
stomach doesn't sound the best. It has caused moments of stress, worry and frustration
within me. Just a moment ago, however, I realized exactly where it’s all coming
from! It isn’t a lack of desire or from safety fears. I now realize that it has
been due to the expectations I have put on myself!
We smother ourselves with superheroes and fairy tales and
then expect our lives to be mirror images of what we see. I think it is about
time to wipe those expectations away. I will never be a superhero who wears
colorful, metal protection or one who can quickly fly to save the world. I will
never have the strength to carry everyone around me and I cannot imagine that
anyone would truly expect me too. I am no superhero. There is only One. But I
know Him. So as I embark on this amazing mission God has laid before me, I ask
that you would pray with me—that you would pray a reminder over me, that I
don’t have to be a superhero in Caracas, Venezuelia. Would you pray an reassurance
over me? Would you pray that I walk in the authority, trust and faith that my
God, my superhero, has it all in His
hand and that He will use me as His willing vessel? Because I can’t save
anyone. I have no super powers or magic mechanisms and I’ll never be able to
fly. But I do have the answer. Please pray that I would not, in any
circumstance, lose sight of this. Please join with me and pray that this
mission trip would be glorifying and fruitful for our Superhero’s Kingdom.
In His Love,
Brittany Jade
