I was speaking to a group of university students this week about what it means to live a life of mission service. They were curious about the sacrifices I had to make to follow God’s will, or plan, for my life.
Sacrifices? God made a change in my life’s direction, but that was not a sacrifice. Getting your life in coordination with God’s plan is not a sacrifice, doing what you were born to do is the ultimate freedom!
I own and fly an antique airplane, a 1948 Luscombe. It has a tailwheel and is called a “taildragger”. Landing and maneuvering it on the ground is difficult because you steer it with your feet, using the rudder pedals, throttle, and heel brakes. It is “squirrely” on the ground!
However, once it is airborne, it is aerial poetry! You have freedom that you could never experience on the ground. It was made to fly! Not be ground transportation.
In a similar fashion, you were created by God for a purpose. You will never find the fullness and joy of life God intended for you to experience if you are living outside of the will of God.
That does not mean a life without stress, difficulties, danger, and many testing times; but it means a life that is filled with purpose, productivity for God’s kingdom, and the pleasure of walking with the Father!
“My book, “Walking With God in Broken Places”, tells of the ways God has led me for over fifty years in ministry in places like North Korea, Iran, Russia, Bosnia Serbia, Peru, Honduras and many other places. The key to my life of service has been and is, “And then I prayed.”
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