Josh and Candy Dalton
  • Home
  • About
  • Give
  • Photos
  • Subscribe
  • Contact

  • 
  • 

Adventure!

February 2, 2016 by Josh and Candy Dalton

DSC_0776As we prepared to return to the Philippines in December, a number of friends made comments to us about the adventure that is ahead of us. It quickly became clear that “Adventure” is the theme that the Lord has for us this year, but we are only beginning to learn what God’s idea of adventure is!

We have only a few days left to finish packing and shipping all of our belongings from Palawan to our new home on a new island, as well as finish negotiating to renew the lease on NTM Aviation’s hangar on Palawan, and take care of some other NTM Aviation business here.

It is hard to describe the emotions of our last few days on Palawan. We’ve lived on this island longer than any other one place since we’ve been married, and the majority of our children’s lives have been lived here! As difficult as it is to leave, God is already changing our hearts and giving us an excitement about our new home. A few lines from “Follow Love” by FFH say it well:

I’ve got a heart that’s full of dreams
and a little bit of crazy
I can feel it pulling me to somewhere I have never been
I’m packing up and leaving home
To travel into the great unknown
Its time, I have to go

So here’s goodbye, here’s so long
I must go and follow love
I feel my heart moving on
I must go and follow love
Carry on while I’m gone
This is what I’ve been dreaming of
I miss you so
But I must go, go and follow love

So what is this Adventure that God has called us to? I woke up early this this morning and opened my Bible App, and a verse I read yesterday grabbed my attention: “And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”(Acts 5:32). I   idly looked at a couple of definitions while I was waiting for my coffee to kick in, and suddenly something jumped off the page at me: Strong’s lists “Adventure” as one of the definitions of “Given” in this verse! At first I was almost convinced that there was a mistake, until I looked up “Adventure”, and realized how little I understood of this word. Until quite recently, “Adventure” and “Venture” were interchangeable words, and “Adventure” fundamentally means “to risk or hazard; to put in the power of unforeseen events”. It was most commonly used by sailors who were willing to risk all they had on the chance of making a profit trading goods in a distant port.

In Acts 5:32, we are told in essence that God is willing to risk giving His Holy Spirit to us as we obey him. In turn, the obedience, the adventure that we are called to, is to risk our all for him, and to trust Him fully with events that are beyond our control. I found some of the Antonyms of “Adventure” to be fascinating: “Avoidance”, “Inaction”, “Inactivity” and “Passiveness”, just to name a few. Truly God has called each of us to a life of Adventure, but he has also called each of us to an adventure that is unique to us.

What Adventure is he calling you to?

Filed Under: Ministry Tagged With: Ethnos360, New Tribes Mission

More Posts:

« “I can’t write fast enough!”
When the Adventure gets crazy! »

Comments

  1. Cheryl says

    February 13, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    Very good thoughts…thanks for sharing.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sign up for our Email updates!

* = required field
unsubscribe from list

Archives

  • About
  • Blog
  • Home
  • Give
  • Photos
  • Subscribe
  • Contact

Disclaimer: This personal ministry website is provided by Ethnos360 as a courtesy to its members. Ethnos360 makes no warranty regarding the accuracy of the information on these pages. Opinions expressed are provided by members in good faith, but are entirely those of the member and do not necessarily represent policy, doctrinal position, or opinions of Ethnos360. If you encounter information that you consider questionable, please e-mail the Ethnos360 web team.

Josh and Candy Dalton

© Copyright 2023 Ethnos360. All rights reserved.

Log In

  • 
  • 
  • 