I was sitting in my Sunday School class this week and we were watching a video segment of the Not a Fan video lessons by Kyle Idelman. Not going to lie I had read the book previously and was like okay this will just be a little redundant. So I wasn’t expecting to get that much out of it. But, boy was I wrong. We looked at Luke 9: 57-59:
As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.” He said to another person, “Come, follow me.” The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
In the video we watched there was a guy who had a life changing experience with God. From there he had decided to change his entire life. He started to downsize his belongings, helping the least of these, and in general following the call God had on his life. He was called and he wasn’t going to let anything stand in his way of that no matter how difficult it was for him. This guy wasn’t looking back at what he had at all. He was looking forward and could see Christ.
This just resonated and impacted me more than I could imagine. It honestly made me question and reevaluate if I was looking back, but also trying to move forward. I’m notoriously uncoordinated so if I was actually doing that I’d be face planting. As I was reevaluating and thinking it dawned on me I am probably looking back a little. It’s not a full look back, but I definitely have been looking out of the corner of my eye with my head turned a little.
But this reminded me of a moment at training camp near the end of the week were we said, “yes, I’m fully committed to this mission and my team.” In my head I was thinking why am I looking back a little I’m fully committed, come on Jacob get it together. In all honesty this was a great reminder and rejuvenation to remember that God has called me and I can’t let anything get in my way.
God always amazes me that in a time of not expecting much, but He shows me something I had no idea about. I don’t need to look back, there is more ahead that is more fulfilling. Yes, it will be difficult, but it is something I have to do. To follow Christ and make His name known amongst the least of these. That is my future that is what is moving forward and it can’t be done looking back.
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