Jeremy Guthrie

If you seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, all things are added unto us.

Yes.

And we don't know what all things are.

I warn kids all the time.

I said all things happen to include baseball for me down the road.

But that doesn't mean that what you most love or desire is going to be your all things.

Maybe it's something you never recognize until later on in life.

And so I learned, number one, the joy of forgetting yourself, of losing yourself, and yet finding yourself through that, because I was asked to do that.

And I practiced for two years.

Can I genuinely forget about a potential baseball career?

Can I genuinely forget about a girlfriend who became a wife?

Can I forget about, in a positive way, my family and do the things that I feel inspired by God to do?

I'll tell you one other lesson that was foundational for my life, and that was understanding the definition of success.

As a missionary, our purpose was very clear.

Our purpose was to go and invite and help others come unto Christ.

That was the purpose.

But success is not defined on how many people you help bring unto Christ.

Success was defined by our effort and our commitment to that purpose.

And so you have this interesting dichotomy.

Your goal and purpose is to bring others unto Christ.