Day 2 - Peru Mission - it's Sunday and as we gathered together for our devotions and journey, I wasn't sure what to expect from the church services of Camino de Vida (CDV) as we visited their Mira Flores satellite in Lima, Peru. Front and center in a Casino meeting room(I love church plants that defy the suggestion of geographic sacred space, instead they make whatever space they are in, Sacred) we sang songs that were, musically, very familiar, but in spanish. Pastor Manuel was the lead teacher and gave a great message that drove and led our week and my thoughts inward as we prepared for the work ahead: In order to be used by God, you have to GO. Now before the eye rolling and glazed look of many come, thinking I'm about to tell all of you that you need to put your life in a 55 gallon drum and move to Zambia, hear me out. We, as a race, people and culture, like to be comfortable. It could be said that over 50% of traveling is trying to find that balance of accessing another culture from the base of our own. I found myself time and time again, asking one of our guides, "What is this? What does that mean? Is this like my_________ back home?" Familiarity breeds comfort.
In life, like on a mission trip, the "GO" automatically forces us out of the familiar and the comfort and into a new experience. It's been said you can't step into the same river twice - and if that's true, then even going to the grocery store is a new adventure every day. So here's the challenge. GO. Stop staying where you are, trying to make the most out of what you have, trying to get cooler, warmer or happier. God can't do anything with us if we don't live a lifestyle of GO. But if we GO and we open our eyes, we will see a life unfolding in front of us to take us to places, people and missions that we could have never imagined.
"But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel." Acts 9:15
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