“For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of
your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness.
The Lord your God has been with you this past 40 years, and you have lacked nothing.” Deuteronomy 2:7, HCSB
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We’ve all been there. The phone call, the conversation, the
meeting when suddenly you realize your life is about to change.
Over the years, change has come to our family a number of
ways, through a variety of avenues. Some changes have been thrilling and
exhilarating. Others have been difficult, even heartbreaking.
In 13 years serving as international Christian workers, we
moved houses five times and countries four times. In fact, we joke that every
time our company reorganizes, we move: more than five years in the Philippines,
four and a half in South Korea, three years in Thailand, and now just over two
in Richmond. Rather than leveling off, the pace of change seems to be accelerating.
Living missionally is much like a journey through an immense
wilderness. In this life God has called us to, we learn not to hold possessions
or positions too tightly. Things change — in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye.
But through every twist and turn our journey has taken, God
has watched over us. He has led us. He has never, ever abandoned us, and He has
allowed us to be a part of some pretty amazing things.
As the Israelites stood on the cusp of entering the Promised
Land, they had no idea the many other changes in store for them. They were only
dealing with one: transforming from a nation of sojourners to building a nation
in the land God had promised. Learning to live in community. Learning to honor
God in the process.
We, however, are still living as sojourners, making Jesus
known among the billions who have yet to hear, inviting people to join us in
our journey of faith and looking forward to the day when the journey is over.
One day, we will all come together as the family of God before the throne of
God.
Until then, travel light and wear comfortable shoes. The
journey isn’t over.
#travellight
This week's reading: Deuteronomy 3 - 23.
Post #11: Discovering how to live missionally through a chronological reading of God's Word.
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