Following directions - but which direction?
God is so good. i want to live my life for nothing less than what he has for me.
this conference has been such an amazing time, full of revolation from Christ, drawing nearer to him, and time learning about him.
the worship has been incredable. there is so much freedom here to sing, dance, jump, yell, do what ever you want. its a beautiful thing. i pray that the freedom i experience here can be experienced at home.
tonight i experienced my first worship circle pit. that is correct - i started a mosh pit during worship. i have wanted to do it all week, and finally tonight i saw a little spot, and just started pushing and all that good stuff. althought it was short lived - it was awesome.
our talk tonight was nothing short of amazing. we learned about missions, and mission stratigies and all this stuff that i never thought of. what the future of missions looks like, how the world has been effected in the last 100+ years by missions, where the world is headed, how Christ will effect the world.
one of the most devine revolations of the night was this - Osama Bin Laden could be the modern day Paul. the paul that killed Christians and tried to ruin them, just like osama. how amazing is that?
God is love. he loves everyone. that is such a simple statement that carrys so much. i constantly think things like “God loves everyone… except hitler. except those child rapists, except people who kill people, except osama.” thats not true. God loves all people. hard to understand? disagree? makes you stumble a little bit?
me too. but God’s love is above anything we can even fathom.
today i was released from quite a few things. i love a lot more people. i love muslims. they are made as much in the image of Christ as i am, and as you are. Jesus loves neither one of us more or less, so why would i ever think i am better than them? why would i ever think Jesus loves me more? why would i not love them? God calls us to love all people - not just some. not just people who believe similar things, not just people who are on our team, all people. and to love our enemies. what a radical thing.
God gave me directions months ago, and again tonight. he gave me directions to simply Go, and make deciples. to serve the nations and be apart of the kingdom’s growth. that is a direction that i will follow. now the only issue is, which direction do i go? where do i start? where does he want me? south america? china? afganastan? europe? india? nepal? russia? iran? morraco? uganda? ejypt? i dont know. but i will obey.
