Yesterday ended up being a pretty crazy day.  Our morning talk took on a little different shape as Eddie, the director of Caravan wrapped up the entire week.  His message was challenging, stretching, and made many of our student uncomfortable.  My response to that is GREAT!  I’m glad our students didn’t necessarily agree with everything he said.  I’m glad they were thinking critically.  I’m glad to see that some of them are beginning to take steps to making their faith their own.

There are SO many people around the world who haven’t heard the name of Jesus.  There is no Bible written in their native language.  There is basically no one and they’re waiting for someone to come.  Who will go?  Is it wrong to primarily only pray, “Lord, send someone.”  Sure that’s not a necessarily bad thing, but how many people pray “Lord, I’ll follow you with no strings attached”?  I think when it comes to surrender most people, including myself struggle with giving God complete control.  Some may say “God, I’ll follow you anywhere as long as it doesn’t involve living in a remote part of the world being a missionary.”  So their “surrender” is already less than 100%.  Others might say, “God, I’ll follow you as long as I don’t have to move away from my family.”

How hard is it to find a “follower of Christ” who is able to give in to complete surrender?  What would that look like for me?  What would that look like for you?