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Step One: GO


It has been a few days since I have shared an e-devotion, and this week will be a little different.  No; it is going to be a lot different.  I will take some time to share this week a few thoughts leading up to Christmas with lots of inspiration from where I am this week.


Last week and on Thanksgiving some of our family gathered at the home of our oldest daughter and our son-in-law.  Although they live in Alabama we had a great time.  Laughing, shopping, talking, eating thanksgiving dinner … all of it together.  We had to go be with them.  And it was a good “go”.   Julie, Ryan and myself really enjoyed some special family time.


This week I am blessed to be able to be in Israel.  As I write this e-devotion I am listening from an open window of horns and traffic from Jerusalem.  You read that write.  I am in what we Christians call the “Holy Land” where Jesus walked, taught and lived.


I cannot wait to share bits of history and even some of the Bible coming alive as the week progresses.  We arrived early Tuesday morning (7 hours ahead of my normal Eastern Time) and we are getting used to a very different place.  The invitation came last spring, and it seemed strange.  Yet this trip came together with 1,000 pastors from across the United States gathering for a summit to learn and hear what is going on in Israel.  Before I could be on this trip I had to fill out an application.  Then I had to “go”.  Sometimes going is the hardest part.


Remember the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as an angel appeared to her with a story that seemed so far fetched.  She would be the mother of the Christ child, sent from God to be the Savior of the world.  But she had to “go” and live out what God told her in that message.  Much is similar when Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, got a message from God that his fiancé would have a baby.  He didn’t understand and wasn’t pleased.  Yet Joseph like Mary chose to “go” and walk out the plan that God gave.


We have a choice as well.  Will we go where God calls us to go?  Some of those calls from God are easy.  Some of those calls are tough.  Just get ready.  And go!


Isaiah 6:8  NLT  

Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”


Genesis 12:1  NLT  

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.


God may be calling you to go across the world, but I believe that begins with being willing to go across the street to help your neighbor, going downtown to help homeless friends or maybe going to church.


Where ever God is calling you, there is one step to take.  Step one: GO!

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