(from jaeson's blog. i was so encouraged when i read this because recently i've become weary of mundane everyday living and all that it entails. can this sort of life happen in nyc and what would that look like?)
(Baptizing my boy Vanness in my backyard pool. Much love Vdubb, I'm so proud of your passion to know Christ bro!)I
consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and
complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me -- the task of testifying
to the gospel of God's grace. Acts 20:24
The last 90
days have been unexplainable. I would share more, but the reality is
that I can't because of the nature of the occurrences. One thing I do
want to point out is this...we were all made to be on adventure with
God.As human beings, we are made to live for adventure. Without
adventure, our hearts die, become dull, and we lose heart. God is the
most interesting person I have ever met. I feel like my whole life has
been an episode of 24, simply because I chose to lose my life instead
of trying to save it. It's funny to me that Christians would try to
save their lives and not trust God. That is the most ridiculous choice
any person could ever make. Jesus said clearly, lose your life and you
will save it, save your life and you will lose it, what good is it to
gain the whole world but forfeit your own soul? The true path to
freedom is to lose it all, that is, lose yourself to the things of this
world and every hold that this world has upon your heart. When you
think your happiness comes from owning the things of this world, you
are fooled, because that is when the world has owned you. We try to
hold on to our dreams, our relationships, our money, our assets, our
titles and positions, our possessions and pleasures, not realizing
those very things we hold on to are the very things that have enslaved
us and kept our hearts from truly being alive. You find yourself when
you lose yourself. Don't be owned by any man or woman, but God Himself.
I have nothing to lose, cause I don't own anything anyways. I'm a dead
man walking, but fully alive. My life is in His hands and whatever He
gives me it's a privilege, an honor, a blessing, a grace that gives me
the chance to know Him more and make Him known. If you are still
holding onto your life it's about time to lose it. You want freedom?
You want to live the adventure you were born to live for? Then lose
your fears, lose yourself and lose it all, cause there in that place
you'll find what you've always been looking for.Yes, even lose
the one you love, meaning this, I can love a girl, but I can't have
her. She's not mine, she belongs to the Lord. God can give her to me as
much as He can take her away. I'm just a steward of the things He gives
me. I'm saying this because so many of my friends seem to want to hold
on to that girl, to that boy, to that relationship as if they owned it (note: I am not talking about marriage, I'm talking about friends who are in dating relationships).
Don't try to own anything or it will own you. Be good stewards, always
with a heart of surrender and you will be of good faith and walk in
infinite peace. In time, God will lead you to the one He has prepared
for you in marriage covenant. Be of good courage!In the last 90
days for some crazy reason, God has sent me as a missionary to take on
the mountain of media and entertainment. People think Hollywood is the
pit of hell, a Babylon of sorts, and in many ways it is. Yet, this is
exactly where God wants His people to shine. It's in the darkest place
that God's light can shine the brightest. I've been sent like Philip
the evangelist to Ethiopian eunuchs all across Hollywood and the Asia
entertainment world to do one thing, feed the hungry with the saving
power of the Gospel. I've seen celebrity after celebrity, come to
Christ through prophetic evangelism encounters, everyone of them are so
hungry for true love, to be loved not for their fame and fortune, but
to be loved for who they were created to be. To be loved as sons and
daughters of God. It does not matter if you are famous or if you are
homeless, everyone is hungry for one thing, unconditional love. Most of
these celebrities who have come to Christ in the last months would
never step into a church service, but each of them would like to know
Jesus. Interesting, Jesus never invited anyone to a church service,
rather, He brought himself, the very presence of almighty God to them.
Whether that is on the street, in a club, in a hotel suite, in a
corporate high rise, in a restaurant, in a home or in a dark alley,
nothing can separate us from the love of God that is everywhere, so
near to each of us if we would just open our hearts to Him. So I've
started a few new beginnings of churches in the last 90 days in the
most unlikely of places, in Hollywood, on the Internet, in friends
homes, in recording studios, in hotel rooms and the funnest privilege
has been making new disciples on my blackberry messenger. I can explain
more later...God is everywhere, in you, with you and with them. Be
Jesus where ever you go. Love all you can, do good to all you can, give
all you can, bless everyone you can, show everyone you have the way,
the truth and the life they have been searching for all their lives and
you will begin to experience life's greatest adventure...the Gospel of
Jesus Christ.
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