lded. I’m discovering that doing what I’ve done was to find Jesus. The whole earth is filled with His glory – we are glory miners – we go off into the far reaches of the world searching out the riches of his glory that He has deposited in areas untouched by the shoes of Kingdom carriers. The glory revealed in a new language intimating itself for the first time with the Words of Living Water flowing from the pages of Scripture, the glory revealed when a culture receives the Gospel for the first time and sheds light on the deeper meaning of what God wants revealed of Himself that He has planted in that people group – and so many more revelations. There is so much glitter in God’s glory that we ar
e called to discover and playing it safe is no longer an option – God’s not playing games with us. I found God yet I missed Him altogether while I was out there. I’m coming home to discover Him anew and see His heart for the nations from my native shores. It’s always about intimacy and basically – if God is calling us out there – it is to discover Him in the midst of the lives that He allows us to touch. With that leading our mission vision we are called forth. It is not just the Glory of God that leads us forth, it is the desire of the Glory of God that leads us forth, the knowledge that we have access to it – that it can be displayed, His presence in our presence, that we open the channel of our hearts for Him
to proclaim it and awaken it wherever it may be. Will we access it if we do not go – yes but limited, always remembering that we don't want to be held back to the better by the best – we push forward to mine the depths of God’s glory as it fills (already has filled) the earth, in nature, culture, language, growing narratives, untold stories of hope that are poised to spring forth from the lives of broken nations and people. Is this true of our life, do we go to see hope – I believe so, because if we come from a world where hope isn’t needed and drive our hearts to a place where hope would be the air to breathe – we live in the midst and mess of Kingdom miners. The Kaleidoscope of the Kingdom possibilities is innumerable. We are called to create space for creativity t
o spring forth amidst disappointment continually – it is the very nature of the Gospel to proclaim hope through Jesus in the place of no hope and to really promise that God can be found. His glory leads us on. I hope it does for me and you. Blessings! "Do not try to call them back to where they were, and do not try call them to where you are, as beautiful as that place may seem to you. You must have the courage to go with them to a place neither you nor they have been before." - Vincent Donovan
"Holy Holy Holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory!" -Isaiah
