::The Journey::

"Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you."         -George Whitfield

Life itself is a journey; it is embedded with the dreams of mankind to have significance, and to find love and acceptance. As a child of GOD every stop on the journey has the potential to change the lives of the oppressed, the searching, the lost and the countless weary travelers and spiritual seekers who have sold their lives in pursuit of purpose and happiness beyond the corruption, duplicity and incapabilities of society to fulfill the innate longing of the human soul. There is no doubt that the world is united in a pursuit for happiness, peace and truth. Everyone is on the search but few seem to find the treasure that they set out to find. Life is a journey, but a lonely wandering indeed without the reality of Jesus...of GOD. We can search through every continent, in every shrine and temple, and yet will continue unsatisfied because the truth remains that GOD alone is where real peace will be found. It is in following Him, accepting His gift of love, His gift of forgiveness and reconciliation, that we will truly find ourselves. Yes, I am headed for India, but as I have been preparing my mind and heart for the journey ahead I keep coming back to the question, "What does it really look like to live life here on earth, as a sojourner and as a child of the living GOD?" One thing is definite: that a life fully surrendered to GOD will be a life full of joy, rooted in purpose, full of love and full of a peace and a satisfaction that no pleasure of the world could ever compare with. Will it cost you your life? Yes. But in surrendering your life, there you will find life. Have you fully surrendered your life to GOD? So many people around me have already planned out their entire lives, have 'figured it all out' and in the process of believing that they have successfully planned their life of ease and leisure are on a fast track to living their whole lives for a dream that will have no significance in eternity. In the book of James it says, "Listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.' Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, 'If it is the Lords will, we will live and do this or that.' As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil."(4:13~15) Life is the journey, but let us not forget to live every moment of it, filled with the love and passion of Christ. The lost, the hungry, the weary, the broken, the misguided travelers are all around us. wherever our journey takes us they will be there. There will be struggles and victories, sorrows and joys, hardships and comforts along the path, yet Christ will be sufficient for us through it all. Join me in this life of a sojourner, living life here for the Lord while looking ahead to our home in heaven.