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Why young Christians are searching for their pilgrimage

Questions to Ask in 2021
Stephanie Fisk, one our January ’07 World Racers recently did an interview with the online magazine Wrecked for the Ordinary. Below is an excerpt of the interview. In it, Stephanie points to something I’ve believed for awhile now – that Christ-followers need to go on an epic pilgrimage to discove…
By Seth Barnes

Stephanie Fisk, one our January ’07 World Racers recently did an interview with the online magazine Wrecked for the Ordinary. Below is an excerpt of the interview. In it, Stephanie points to something I’ve believed for awhile now – that Christ-followers need to go on an epic pilgrimage to discover the substance of their faith and walk in their true identity.

world missionary 4Why did you feel like you needed to embark on this year-long pilgrimage around the world?

To test the waters. To see if missions is in my future. To see where and to whom I felt called. To serve and share. To grow in my relationship with God. Not necessarily bad reasons – quite honorable for most, but I now see how I was searching for milk, while the Lord wanted to give (and gave anyways) meat and wine.

 

I now see why my reasons were just missing the mark – above all, this pilgrimage is needed because Jesus is real and because my soul and millions of others are on the line. My heart and spirit needed this pilgrimage in order to save me from a life of complacency.

 

This pilgrimage is needed to instill compassion and passion – fraternal twins that keeps my soul alive. This pilgrimage is needed to break me of myself. To realize my true identity in Christ. And, finally, what I went searching for at the beginning – my role in the kingdom.

 

What did you hope to gain?

Man, any answer I give will reek of my self-interest… something I was hoping to lose! So, ironically, from the beginning I’ve been hoping to lose myself – my worldly ambitions,  perspectives, control – as I go in search of a real, living Jesus. Leave it to God to have this all perfectly planned out. The greater my intimacy grew with Him, the more I was stripped. It was in my nakedness that I saw the true Stephanie. And it wasn’t all pretty.

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I also wanted to gain a way of living that reflected the simple love of Jesus. A mind, heart, attitude – a lifestyle really – that would reflect that of one who has been with Jesus. Passionate intimacy that makes others question and seek.

I wanted simplicity -which is only gained through losing (void of action on my part) or abandonment (ex – going on the World Race… this requires action on my part). Losing those things, wants, and needs that clutter my relationship with Christ.

How will this experience impact your future ministry and walk with God? My faith has evolved from a mind-set to a way of life. It is intertwined with my DNA. I cannot be separated from it. It is who I am. I am a child of God and I have a desire to come to know my Father and inherit the promise land.Everybody is a minister and everyone a mission field. Ministry is who I am. Prayer is who I am. It is no longer about the things I do, but the Person I am reflecting and becoming.

 

This journey takes a turn onto a path less trodden; a path called faith whose nickname is “reckless abandon”; a path where innate dreams, passions and desires are met by a loving, living, intimate Creator. A Bridegroom who delights in each step taken on this pilgrimage to “fully alive.”

Read the full article at Wrecked here.

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