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I was saved
and gave my life over to the Lord at 6 years old, and have
taken every day since then as a blessing. Everything I do in
my life, the decisions I make, the things I say, the things
I think, and the things I do, all are based off what I have
learned through God's word, the Bible.
I hold 1
Timothy 1:12 very close to my heart, because you could say
it’s like my life verse. It says “I thank Christ Jesus our
Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me
faithful, putting me into service,” As a Christian I am a
servant to God, a child of a King, a receiver of Salvation.
I take each of these as a blessing and am so thankful that
God has called me to be a servant. Every day I praise Him
for sending his one and only son, Jesus Christ, to Earth,
where he lived a perfect life and gave Himself up on the
cross as a sacrifice so that my sins would be forgiven. It
brings me to pain to think of my sin nature, yet gives me
hope to know that I have a God whose mercy is so great that
I can’t even imagine it.
I handle my
racing program as a ministry and use it to talk to others
about how God has worked in my life, and how He has used my
racing career as a way to grow my relationship with him, and
the faith that I have placed in him. As a race car driver
you’re sure to at one point or another experience trials,
successes, and tribulations, but for me God has used these
events as tools to grow me in my understanding of Him and
how great He is.
I began racing
at the age of 8 and have been blessed to have the
opportunity to pursue after something which I have passion
for. When I first started out, I raced go-karts at numerous
local tracks, and then at 11 years old made the transition
to racing Bandolero Cars. At 12 years old I then began to
race Legends cars. Throughout my Legends Car career the Lord
blessed me with many championships and race wins, giving me
the opportunity to praise Him everywhere I raced. In 2007
and 2008 God’s hand was at work in my life by blessing me
with the Lowe’s Motor Speedway Pro Division Summer Shootout
Championship both years.
During these
two years I grew incredibly in my faith. I’d have races
where everything went right and then races where everything
went wrong. But one thing I continued to develop during this
tenure was my faith in Christ. As Matthew 17:20 says “And He
said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for
truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard
seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to
there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to
you.”
2009 was a
very exciting year for me. I began to race a Dirt Late Model
after 10 years of asphalt experience. This in itself was a
challenge, but God kept me strong and kept me from slipping.
At the beginning of the year I struggled, but kept my faith.
As I continued to gain experience, in the very last race of
the season, I made a last lap pass between a lap car on the
bottom and won by about 3 feet. After going back and
watching the video numerous times, the pass was so close
that the only way it could’ve happened was that the Lord’s
hand was at work. This for me was the incredible, and it was
an affirmation from God that the season was what he had
wanted it to be, and that I was where I needed to be in my
life and faith.
I tell people
often that I have two goals in my life that have been set
since I can remember. Pulling from the study of what man's
chief end is in life, my goal in life is to glorify God, and
enjoy him forever. I also have a goal of one day race in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. I pray that God would continue to
provide me with opportunities so that I may use my racing
career, and be bold and proclaim his name everywhere I go.
As Proverbs
3:5-6 says “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean
not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge
Him, and He shall direct your paths.”
- Jordan |