It was Right.....

The nice thing about reading my bible and then guarding the pool after is that I have a good chunk of time to think, chew, meditate on what read. I have been going through a reading plan that divides it into 4 sections.

Psalms and Wisdom
Pentateuch and History
Chronicles and Prophets
Gospels and Epistles

Its been interesting reading through this way because I am only reading a little of everything every day. The neat thing about it is that I do not feel overwhelmed about what i have to read about each day. Reading Chronicles feels like a fast tract through Israelite history. Like one of those overview courses which bombard you with information to give you the whole picture. I am already at Davidic Covenant, something popped out today that i haven't really thought about before. David has this pretty awesome palace that he lives in and then realized that God 'lived' in a tent, so he asked if he could build god a house too. Nathan the prophet that he talked to originally was like Sure! go for it! But God told him later to go tell David that he wasn't to do so. His son was instead.

As I was watching Aqua fit I was going through all of this and came up with some interesting thoughts....
So! Building a temple for God was not a wrong thing. I completely understand Davids thought process "I live in a Palace and my Lord lives in a tent, that does not seem right!"  to me that does not seem to be right either. But God told him that no, now is not the time, rather God simply wanted David to enjoy his palace. What got me was that David wanted to do the right and good thing but God said no.

It gave an interesting perspective on missions... or at least at 7am it did. Back in last October/November I was presented with the statistic that 90%  "religious professionals" serve the 10% of Christians here in N/A while the 10% are serving the other 90% .... or something along those lines. This was the biggest factor for me and still is.... why should i stay hear when there are so many others, I want to be a part of the 10% and not add to the 90. I continued to ask myself why others didn't feel the same way, but David gave me a different perspective, for some yes fear and other factors are holding them back from his call, but for others God is saying 'no' or 'not yet', he wants to use them with the 90%.

What really got my thoughts spinning was the fact that logically in my mind it made sense to be a part of the 10% ... why would I go where everyone else? The people else where need me more then here! And I think I still hold to that, becoming a nurse opens so many doors to restricted access countries, but it has made me think.

It has made me become more aware of the fears and challenges that will be faced over seas. Yet I have talked to one to many missionaries to know that these fears are real but God is bigger then all of them.