Go India



This trip has been on my heart for a long time.  Moments will come and go when it's strongly on my heart and then moments will pass.  I feel like God keeps putting it on my heart to go.  To be the church where it's needed the most.  To get out of my comfort zone and to do things for His purpose instead of always keeping myself in my comfortable little bubble.  Spending money on things that don't matter instead of on people who do. 

I've been reading the book Radical by David Platt which is a huge wake up call with how far the American Dream is from God's plan for us.  Reading the book has been challenging, when Platt named the book Radical he absolutely meant Radical.  The book talks about how God calls us to radically abandon ourselves to Him.  When we are bapitized we totally die to ourselves.  In Matthew 10 Jesus tells his dicipiles "“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn

“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it."

Sounds radical right?  Jesus was absolutely radical and he calls us to be the same.  Following Jesus doesn't mean I get to sit in my comfy house and watch HGTV and play on Pinterest whenever I want.  It means sacrifice.  It means hard work and hard times, but trusting in God through it.  It means I should be doing whatever I can to spread the gospel to those who need it the most.   I realize how challenging this is.  I can not tell you how many time I put my defensive hat on while I was reading this book.  In the end, it challenedged me.  Made me face some real truths about my life.  And if it makes me change a few things and take a few mission trips, touch a few lives then I think it's served it's purpose.  What I hope it does in the end is make me radically abandon all that used to take up so much useless space in my life and replace that with a thirst for bringing comfort, healing and Christ to those who need it the most, no matter where they are geographically.  I hope to start with India 2014.     For more information on Go India: Click here. For David Platt's book Radical: Click here.