For the past month I have been in El Salvador. Every morning I would wake up go into the church, remove my sandals and pray. I’d give it all to the Lord. I’d give him control over every part of my life, and I’d worship him. Then I’d go sit in the kitchen area and spend time in the word. There was a volcano outside of the window that I would always stare at, in awe.
Every time I looked at it I’d be blown away at how awesome and big God is for creating such a thing. It’s like God is trying to tell us something. Why would he create this?
A volcano is not only a mountain, but an exploding mountain! It’s like the mountain just wasn’t fierce enough he had to put a boiling dangerous fire inside!
God is fierce.
I am now in Guatemala. I have had my prayer time and I just finished up my bible study. I am sitting in the kitchen area and I am looking out the window.
Guess what?
Guess what God did?
As I am sitting reading my bible there is a volcano outside the window.
Ok he must be trying to tell me something here. So I asked him.
What’s going on here father?
So the volcano in El Salvador was great.
It was big and green and beautiful, but it was inactive. It was so calm and safe and incredible to look at.
But it was inactive.
Now this volcano here in Guatemala is a little different. It’s not so lush. It’s rugged and as I type these words it’s blowing smoke. It’s dangerous. There is a fire building up inside ready to explode.
I feel God telling me that my time in El Salvador was lush, safe and beautiful. I was obedient to everything he said. I served well. I was faithful. But that’s over now. I am not in El Salvador anymore. Now he’s calling me to be more. To be more like him.
I feel him saying now it’s time. It’s time to be rugged, dangerous, on fire! There’s a fire building up inside of me ready to explode! My father is inviting me into something dangerous and real. I couldn’t be happier.
I will continue to live in obedience to my Father. I will worship his beauty and safeness and I will worship his rugged danger. My prayer this morning is that I will reflect his image. I pray you will too.
Thank you all for your continued prayers. I will write another blog this week about my time in El Salvador.
