"called out" of convenience

we had a tremendous night last night at adventure life church. our super celebration went extremely well. there was a sense of excitement and anticipation in the air...and as i often talk about...i think those who were new to our gathering detected life! special thanks to all you adventure lifers that put forth incredible effort...you're the best!

and what did we talk about...the church...the "called-out" ones...called out of what?...called out of convenience, comfort, and consumption! we discussed how inconvenient it must of been for peter and john to stop on the way to church in acts 3 to engage the lame beggar who was simply trying to survive to beg again another day....stepping into the inconvenient peter offered the beggar way more that he anticipated. wow! if only the church would begin to give the world more than they anticipate.

today...tessa can back from her lunch break and told me about a young man standing in the median at hwy70 and white oak rd....he was holding a sign that read: "why lie...i need a drink"... i had to go and see...i had to go down past the intersection and u-turn back to see his sign...tessa read the words accurately...i had to challenge the convenience of my schedule and respond to such a sign...i pulled up on the curb and quickly got his attention...amazing how when you somehow say "look at me" they will look with anticipation...he came right up to my truck window and i engaged him with direct conversation...i asked if really needed a drink or if he needed something more...i told him immediately my desire was to help him with whatever he really needed...he ended up in my truck and i took him down to chick-fil-a and bought him a meal and continued our conversation...i discovered his name to be Aaron...he is a true road warrior...travelled through many states always searching for purpose and meaning in life to no avail...we determined that the one person who could help him was his father in florida...we called his father on my cell phone and they talked...his father wired money to the bus station in downtown raleigh...enough for him to travel to florida to meet him...i had the privilege of praying for aaron and then dropped him off at the bus stop with great hope for his future...i think aaron got way more than he anticipated...

pray for aaron!