HOW OLD ??
Somebody asked me the other day how old I am . I replied that I have had 64 birthdays but that doesn`t mean much ! Seems to me that if your faith outranks your fear ,if your dreams are alive and well in God ,and you`re maintaining disciplines ,then the number of birthdays is irrelevant . Youth renewed ,mounting up on eagles` wings and all that.
Mo and I are headed to Spain in 7 days` time where we and a great team are launching our g42 Leadership School . It`s probably the last great adventure of our lives . Don`t get me wrong –I don`t mean that I feel finished and washed up . It`s just that ,I believe this investment will last the rest of my life as we seek to inspire at least a part of a multi generational generation to its Kingdom inheritance . I was thinking maybe 25 more full on years !
I thought about this as it is 50 years since my Dad took me on our first missions trip to Spain . Francisco Franco ,soldiers following us everywhere with machine guns ,NO tourists ,marvelous people and a beautiful country . Spiritually very dry . Now it`s a new day ,for a Post Church ( not Post Christian ) Europe and hopes and faith are high for the Kingdom to come ,churches to be planted and ministries established .
This week I had a long conversation with a late forties Dad whose daughter is interested in coming to Spain . He spoke of the possibility of he and his wife coming to join us in the Leadership School . I think it`s a brilliant idea . I would like to see 3 generations there !
Please pray for us as we set off again ,and seriously consider coming to be with us . Whatever happens ,don`t fold up your tent ,until you have given it your all and made whatever changes are necessary for you to die happy and fully alive . Race run ,course finished . Think 25 years and how we might 'change the world.'
If you`re 20 something you`d still only be 45 ;if you`re 64 you`d still only be 89…!