What does God expect from me? Over the last 4 years Liz and I have wrestled with this concept. I have been on both ends of the pendulum so to speak. There have been times that I have felt that ministering in a place like Africa was the only way to passionately pursue God. Then there were other moments when I felt that missions was not all it was cracked up to be and I could follow God much closer right here in the US. Liz and I have had so many conversations about wanting to follow God wherever he leads us that I can’t even count them all. We have prayed over and over for God to make His will clear to us. We have prayed that we would faithfully follow Him desiring to make much of His name for His glory.

As I have pondered these thoughts, the passage from Micah 6:8 has come to mind. “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God”.

We want what God calls good for us. We want to faithfully follow God whether that means staying in America and serving Him or getting on a plane and travelling to some rural town in Africa. We want to act justly, we want to extend mercy, and we want to walk so close to our Savior that we see the bigness of God and the smallness of ourselves.

God has uniquely gifted and called each of us to walk in a manner worthy of Him. Each of us throughout our life is called in different directions. For Liz and I, we both feel that the time has come to serve God by helping to disciple orphans in Africa. The pendulum has stopped swinging, we want to do what God is calling us to do and that means packing up a few boxes and heading out to Africa!

Liz and I have been so encouraged by so many of your kind words over the last month.

For His Name