Adventure is Out There

I am always surprised how quickly my life feels mundane, boring, and
devoid of meaning when I am not consistently connected to God. When I
am not connected to God, life quickly seems so pointless, you get up,
get ready, and head to work, work all day, come home, eat, sleep and
do it all over again. It is easy to get caught in that cycle and to
loose a sense of meaning and purpose when you are not connected to the
source of all life.

On the other hand I am also equally surprised how quickly I see
meaning and purpose in my everyday life when I am connected to God
daily. Even stopping for a few minutes in the morning and connecting
with God makes a difference in how I view my day - suddenly I am
looking for ways to serve others, looking for opportunities God is
sending my way and God is moving in me through out the day - certainly
not boring.

I love the story of God calling Abram in Genesis 12, it is insane to
think about - God asks Abram to do something crazy - leave everything
you know and follow me to a place I am not revealing to you right now.
Just pick up everything and leave - now that is adventure! God
promises Abram that he is going to bless him beyond his wildest
imagination but he doesn’t give many details and leaves Abram
completely dependent on his connection to God to make this adventure
happen.

I love this story because it is messy - God doesn’t give Abram a clear
seven step plan or a road map to get to where He is leading - Abram
has to stay connected to God. If you know the story of Abram, he
messes up more than just a few times, with some serious ramifications
we still deal with today, but the beauty of the story to me is the
connection to God, the complete reliance on Him for everything - and
the amazing things that happen when Abram (and us for that matter)
trust God and simply follow him.

We like to make things so complicated in life - we need to know all
the details, have all the facts, make the perfect plan - but we fail
to see that God is really in control and if our plans don’t match His,
they won’t work. Brandon was absolutely right on Sunday when he said
that technology separates us from the source of life - it makes us
feel like we don’t need God - which is just as untrue for us today as
it was for Abram. We think that we can make a plan for our life and
just go for it, I am not sure about you but when I try to do
everything on my own it doesn’t work out the way I had planned. I
think it’s time we stop trying to control everything and plan out
every detail of our lives and start asking God where He is leading.

Where is God leading you? What crazy thing is He asking you to do?
Join a life group? Lead a life group? Go on a mission trip? Talk to
your neighbor about more than cars and sports? Admit you have a
problem and get some help? What ever God is asking you to do, big or
small, I urge you to give it a try. It may seem crazy and completely
unattainable but with God nothing is impossible. God is calling us to
more - to adventure beyond our wildest imagination. Are you ready to
say yes?

Vicki Sommerwerck, Youth/Missions Minister