From the Wheel Barrow

I heard a story today about a man,150 years ago, who was completely taken with Niagara Falls. He loved it so much that he wanted to try to walk across it on a tight rope. He studied it, he practiced, and one day, he strung a piece of hemp rope across and actually did it. He didn't stop there, he kept doing it. There is actually a picture of him cooking an egg on the tight rope and lowering it down to people passing below. The tourists were always amazed. One day he filled a wheel barrow with 150lbs.of sand and asked the crowd if they believed he could walk across the tight rope pushing the wheel barrow. They all cheered that they did. He then asked if they believed that he could do it with a person instead of the sand in the wheel barrow. The applause grew louder as they said they did. And then he asked for volunteers. Quiet....until one man stepped forward. He was a local and had seen and believed in what this man could do. So he put is faith in the tight rope walker into action.

Many of us believe that God cares about the lost. We believe that he WILL seek and save them. We encourage those who are going to share the good news with lost, with applause and with admiration. And then we go back to life as usual, like a good little tourist. But what if God is calling us to live where He lives; to be a local. What if He wants us to have a front row seat to what He is doing, can do, and will do? What if He asked you to get in the wheel barrow? Is there anyone more worthy of our trust? If we truly believe that God cares about reaching the lost, then WE need to care about reaching the lost; in more ways than the empty encouragement of an un-invested tourist. How do we show we are different? Answer "Yes" to God first, and then ask "What's the question?". Don't just give empty encouragement that costs you nothing. Be a sender, be a goer, be a true prayer warrior. If you are taking the time to read this, I hope you live your life in a way that no one ever guesses where you live. And in case you were wondering....the guy in the wheel barrow made it across the falls.

Josh has been busy running. For those of you following along on his prayer journey, his list is as follows:
Baggara Messiria
Baggara Selim
Banda, Togbo-Vara
Batahin
Beygo
Bederia
Beja Bedawi
Beja Bisharin
Berti
Bideyat
Birked
Burun Arabized
Burun Lange
Dair, Thaminyi
Daju Dar Fur
Daju, Dar Sila
Dar Hamid
Debri, Wei

From the wheel barrow..
Denise