I first started this journey because I heard God clearly tell me to go.
I recently read Radical by David Platt. (I highly recommend this book.) In this book Platt talks about his journeys abroad spreading the Gospel. Many times he laid out a picture of several people gathered in an abandoned factory in secret to worship God. For these people following God can mean death. Still every day they travel miles to gather in a room that is lit by a single bulb; they sit on the dirty cold floor and worship God for hours at a time. This concept of worship is so foreign to me and to every Christian living in America today. We gather in million dollar buildings, are lead in song, and sit in cushioned chairs. We not once worry about being caught and persecuted or if our families back at home are being punished for us being at church.
After reading this book I know why God called me to this trip…because there are over 1 Billion people in the world who have not even heard the name of Jesus. They have never even heard his name. So who are we…who am I to sit at a desk all day doing whatever it is I’m doing because the world tells me that this is the path that I’m suppose to be on. This is the way to a happy successful life. Well I say NO. I say I am going to Radically abandon this life for the next. There are over 1 billion people out there who will go to Hell without ever even having the choice whether or not they want to follow Jesus. That is not fair. If they know about God and choose to walk the other way fine…..but to be sentenced to an eternity of damnation without even getting a choice breaks my heart.
I prayed a few weeks ago for God to break my heart for what breaks His and I think he opened my eyes to what breaks His heart more than anything else. God commanded us…let me make that clear commanded us to “make disciples of all nations,” ( Matthew 28:19) so why have we not listened.
I am now going on this mission trip to follow the command of God. I want Jesus to be something worth dying for in my life. Those people (that I mentioned earlier) risk their lives to follow Jesus. Why you ask do they do that when they can be safe by hiding their faith. The answer is simple. Jesus DIED for them, for you, for me. So yes I am going to risk my life…going to all these places when the world is in turmoil. If Jesus cared enough about you and me to die for us, I think I can go tell people about Him. And the command that He gave was to everyone. I am so excited for this journey and can not wait to see how God changes my heart and the lives of the people I meet.
Please continue to pray for me and my team. Also pray for the people in the countries I am going to. That God will prepare their hearts for what is to come. If you feel led to contribute to my mission trip financially please click on the Support Me tab on the left. Thank you so much for the support.
