Confirmation..... sometimes a bitter pill.

Subtitle: Be Careful What You Ask For.

Robin and I this past week have been earnestly praying about doing a CDTS through YWAM this summer/fall. Robin has been wanting to do one for a couple of years, she was just waiting for me to come around. Well I finally felt we need to seriously consider doing it, even though it would mean quitting jobs and selling our house. The CDTS is 5-6 months long, and consists of 2-3 months training and then a 2-3 month outreach. Well be careful what you ask for. God may answer your prayers in a flash. We got a bit of confirmation yesterday, I was laid off from my job. We see this as a confirmation that God really wants us to pursue this and enter into full time missionary work. We are excited about what God is going to do for us and through us. We will continue to trust in Him, and trust in His provision to see us through and into the mission field.

Review of weeks 1 and 2.

Week 1 of Perspectives on the World Christian movement (Perspectives) was about God being a missionary God.  Since the creation of the world God has been working to bring all nations into deep worship of Himself and His name.  The readings were mostly about God's calling of Abram and how his promise to Abram was really showing that God was calling the nation of Israel to be His conduit of bless to the entire world.  The seed of Abraham would be used to bless all nations.  The people of Israel were chosen to bring the message of hope and deliverance to the rest of the world, and ultimately to bring true blessing to the world, Jesus Christ.

Week 2 of Perspectives was about the story of God's glory.  The readings emphasized that the goal of God was not to reach people but that His name would be glorified.  In order for His name to be glorified to the max God calls people to gather other people from all the nations to join into worship of Him.  The readings go on to say that our goal in missions needs to be that God's name will be glorified and that helping people needs to be secondary.  If your main goal is to help people and meet their needs, the goal is not lofty enough and disillusionment and burnout can result.  If the motivation behind all you are doing is to gather people into true worship of God, that is a goal that can inspire you to continue even through the toughest of circumstances.

This class has been amazing so far, and I'm looking forward to continuing to grow as God guides me.  All praise and glory to God.

Perspectives

I am currently taking a course at Western Theological Seminary called "Perspectives on the World Christian Movement".  It is a course designed to teach about the purpose of missions, and to hopefully ignite a desire to enter into active missions.  I will try and give a summary after each class.  

If anyone is even thinking of missions, this class is for you.  You can find more information at:

http://www.perspectives.org/site/pp.aspx?c=eqLLI0OFKrF&b=2806295

Welcome

Welcome to my blog.  For some time now my wife and I have felt called to become missionaries to somewhere in Central America (most likely Mexico).  This blog will be a sort of journey to that fulfillment.  Thank-you for joining us on this journey.