7. Have Fun
An excerpt from a longer essay on “The Discipleship of Discernment”: insights from a year of prayer and fasting about decision-making, God’s will, and living in obedience to the mission of Jesus Christ. “Do you think I’m making too big a deal out of this?” I asked God on one of my prayer walks. I don’t know if you can tell when God nods, but I knew my spirit within me was nodding. This was only my six hundredth time to pray about this subject this year. By the spring of 2019, I had three open doors in front of me. Knowing that I was headed to an unreached people group (UPG), I knew of three opportunities that would put me on the ground with teams doing work with UPGs - in Marseille, Athens, and East Africa. I had touched base with each of the teams, and they were all open to my coming for a vision trip to explore and learn for a few weeks. Now I just had to choose which one and when to do it. Do I tend to make a big deal out of decisions? Yes, definitely. D...