If you really enjoy moving, you should have my life.

If you really enjoy opening up boxes to discover your belongings that you forgot you had, you should have my life.

If you really enjoy fitting your life’s most precious memories into suitcases, you should have my life.

I recently moved again—hopefully the next move won’t be until a few years from now.

I have been married for 11 years, and have moved ten times during those 11 years.  Several of those moves have been half-way across America, and two of them were to the Philippines and back.  When I asked my wife to marry me, I expanded the usual, “Will you marry me?” to include, “Will you marry me?  Will you mother my children? Will you follow me to the ends of the earth?”  Fortunately I’m blessed with an amazing wife who has certainly held up to her end of the deal!

So why did we move so much?

Two words: “Follow Me.” (spoken to our hearts by Jesus)

Sometimes it’s just impossible to follow Jesus and remain where you are.

When I was eighteen I left my family, friends, and home in Pennsylvania and followed Jesus to Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas.  That was my first step in walking with Jesus in the most amazing journey.  I realize that this is often the first step for many of the students who come from all over the USA, and the world, to study here.

Like Abraham, we are on a journey with God to a promised land that He is leading us into.  Why settle for the comforts of an ordinary life when you can experience the exhilaration of an extraordinary life?  Looking back, I simply cannot imagine what my life would be like today if I just stayed put in Pennsylvania.

Yes, there is a cost to this kind of nomadic life.  It will cost you comfort.  It may cost you relationships.  There will be a cost to those whom you love dearly.  We should count the cost of following Jesus, but what we really need to do is see all of life through His eyes.

Is leaving your house to follow Him a sacrifice when He promises to give it all back in Matthew 19:29?

Is leaving your family too much to surrender when He promises to give you a new spiritual family?  And won’t we have plenty of time in ETERNITY to make up for “lost” time with loved ones here on Earth?

Is leaving your comfort zone too much to lay down for the promise of His Presence in Matthew 28:20?

Jesus is still calling to people all over the world to, “Follow Me.”

He’s calling for people to be nomadic faith-walkers who are looking for a promised city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Will you be one?