I am sitting at Laguna Beach Christian Resort in Panama City Beach, Florida, and it is 11:59 pm as I type this sentence. I am recapping todays' events as i reel in my head what I read from the Bible tonight. I am currently on a mission trip here at Spring Break 2008 in Panama City Beach because there are tens of thousands of college age kids from around the country here that do not know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. Tomorrow, we will begin giving rides to drunk people so as to keep them off of the road and maybe share things with them in the mean time. We wlll also be sending out Street Evangelism teams to be talking to people on the street.
As I was going over this, Jesus' words popped in my head: "I am sending you out as sheep among wolves."
I'm not going to lie; I am nervous about tomorrow! I am scared - not about sharing my faith - but for my own and the groups personal safety. These people are drunk and belligerent, and may react in a harsh way to us because Satan has such a stronghold on their lives. However, as I sat down to read tonight's passage of scripture from Numbers 33, it began recapping where God had brought the children of Israel, and suddenly my faith grew even more in the fact that God really will protect me. He brought me here, and I should have nothing to fear. "To live is Christ, and to die is gain." I am going to try and step out boldly as God commanded the children of Israel, and will do it knowing God has my back. "And if God is for us, who shall be against us!"
Keep us in your prayers as we have a long week ahead of us.
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