I have been reading this exciting new book by Gary Haugen called Just Courage: God's Expedition for the Restless Christian. I think I am bit restless. Haugen believes that for many, especially young Christians, the feeling is there that, “our Christian life would be more than this—somehow larger, more significant, more vivid, more glorious. But it is not….It had seemed like following Christ was supposed to be a bold adventure of power and beauty and singular importance, but the reality that keeps emerging appears to be something very different. And in very deep ways, it’s disappointing.”
I’m anticipating that one of the responses to that line will be that not everyday can be a Christian-mountaintop-experience. And in some ways that’s true. And not everyone can or should go on a third world mission trip experience. And that is true also. But Haugen would maintain that those things should not keep us from experiencing and practicing God’s call toward the margins where He is working. That is where we get to experience God in all His power, ourselves in all our weakness, in fact ourselves in our true humanity as children totally dependent on God.
We are born to this. Haugen says, “By divine hardwiring, we desperately want our lives to count—really, significantly count—for God’s rescuing work in the world. And nothing else fills up the void.” I believe that part of what we are engaged with here in exploring this partnership with the CRC of SL is exactly this. We want each one of the Christ followers in our fellowships to be truly alive to the work of God. I sense that it is happening here in Sierra Leone. I want to share that with people in BC. It requires courage and restlessness.
I’m anticipating that one of the responses to that line will be that not everyday can be a Christian-mountaintop-experience. And in some ways that’s true. And not everyone can or should go on a third world mission trip experience. And that is true also. But Haugen would maintain that those things should not keep us from experiencing and practicing God’s call toward the margins where He is working. That is where we get to experience God in all His power, ourselves in all our weakness, in fact ourselves in our true humanity as children totally dependent on God.
We are born to this. Haugen says, “By divine hardwiring, we desperately want our lives to count—really, significantly count—for God’s rescuing work in the world. And nothing else fills up the void.” I believe that part of what we are engaged with here in exploring this partnership with the CRC of SL is exactly this. We want each one of the Christ followers in our fellowships to be truly alive to the work of God. I sense that it is happening here in Sierra Leone. I want to share that with people in BC. It requires courage and restlessness.
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