6 years ago, I took my first international mission Tripitaka Guatemala. My son and I had to come a day later than the rest of the team. I had never been through customs, nor do I speak Spanish.
We made it through all of the airport checkpoints and walked out the door to find our driver who was supposed to meet us. As we crossed the threshold, the reality we were not at home was very clear.
We heard several people speaking but couldn’t understand what they were saying. It seemed they all wanted us to go with them. I had to listen closely and finally heard someone call me by name.
I enjoyed my trip immensely minus a couple of scary times when our bus was stopped by police and the driver had to pay them off to let us pass. Again, I was reminded that we are not at home.
When we surrender our lives to follow Christ, our eyes are opened and we begin to realize that we are on mission here, but our home is in heaven with God. There are many things for our flesh to enjoy that try coerce us to go with them.
We must listen closely for the voice of God. His word tells us clearly that We are to abstain from the fleshly lusts of this world, keep our eyes fixed on Christ, and put our hands to the work He has prepared for us.
We must not get bogged down with satisfying the flesh and lose site of our mission (Matthew 28:18-20).
Take time daily to thank God for rescuing you, set your mind on your mission, and then take action to fulfill it. The more we focus on carrying out our mission, the less we find ourselves tangled in the lusts available to us here.
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