40 Days to Go

40 days to go and we still have so much to do. Headed up to the Northern part of the country tomorrow for about a week. We will be doing another Luke 10 and whatever else needs to be done. Since the last post we have shared with people for a second time that we have had contact with before. Most of the time they get ahold of us asking to hear more of this "treasure" we talk about. Yesterday we talked with several people for the second, or even third time. One guy gave his life to the Lord and followed in baptism. Now begins the process of discipleship to help him as much as we can during our few weeks left here. The other guys we talked with still have a lot of questions, which is fine, because we know they are going over everything we have told them. They see that the work has already been done and the price has already been paid. 

There have been a few times when at the end of the day I question my own faith. Asking, "Do I really believe this? Enough to tell other people? Even if it results in them being disowned by there families?" These are only a few of the questions that have run through my mind, but the cost of believing here is so much greater than when I first believed. These people leave everything to follow Jesus. They leave families, friends, respect. Would I still follow if the cost were the same for me? Or is the cost the same, it just takes on different forms back home? Maybe instead of losing family, friends, or respect, we are called to give up the dream job, the big retirement, or the secure home in the suburbs? The church is a battle ship ready for war, rationing all resources for the sake of the kingdom. Everyone on board is ready for battle and are ready to lay their lives down on the line. In America, we are transforming the church from a battle ship into a luxury liner. It carries far less people. Everyone on board looks to their own interest. The atmosphere is relaxed and care free. Going into war this ship has no way of defending herself. She is defenseless, under resourced, and distracted. Pray for the unreached, but also for the American church that she would be ready for battle.