As for me and my house...

It has come to my attention that many out there are apparently waiting on me to make a decision about what I´ll be doing as Mission: Ecuador closes here in Quito.

I can´t tell you how many times (in these past 2 years especially) that I´ve wanted to just launch from my own decisions and "readiness." And (even though I should have done it much sooner), I gave up my rights to do that as soon as I left for Ecuador. And faith-walking is a bit more complicated. It´s a process of surrendering my own will to God´s leading. It means deciding, and then re-deciding when outcomes aren´t what you thought they would be (or when deadlines hit). And it means not getting ahead of God, even when He shows you glimpses of the road ahead, assuming that you know what it´s all about. It means waiting on Him, til He gives the "go" signal. It´s what He was training the Israelites to do in the desert, with the cloud by day, and fire by night before they entered Canaan. "Go, go, go",,, "stay -- wait, wait, wait," now "go, go, go"... left ... okay ... now, right. now stop. you´re in a bind: what do we do when we´re in a bind? we look up and we pray, right now go, go, go...

I´m as curious as you are to know what God would be working on (probably actually even more curious). And I´m sure I´ll always be curious about what He´s working on, since I don´t quite know how to think like He does. But the curiosity you´re showing in your own questions let me know that you´re paying attention, and you´re also recognizing the incongruencies that I´m seeing. That´s a great signal, actually. Means that when God moves, you´ll recognize it --- and you´ll know it wasn´t me, but Him. Some of you have already been responding with even more faith (what a GREAT response) --- holding me up and egging me on because you "just know God is up to something good." Thank you for helping me to remember that.

I don´t know exactly what is coming or when. I don´t know if it will be difficult or fun, or how long it will last. I don´t know where I will be geographically located, or who will be around me. I don´t know what my responsibilities will be.

But having considered the evidence this far, I have made one single decision. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

M