Today's the day when in 1577 Francis Drake set out on the journey that was to make him the first explorer to sail all the way round the world. His ship The Golden Hind was accompanied by 4 other vessels but in devastating storms they were lost to the expedition. Drake crossed the Atlantic and sailed up the west coast of America. Unable to find a 'north east passage' back to the Atlantic he set out across the Pacific Ocean, sailed round the southern tip of Africa and returned to Plymouth in 1580, bearing treasure, spice and new information about the world's oceans.
The Bible shows us that in one way or another trusting God is always a journey of adventure. Take Abraham, for example, living a comfortable and settled life in Haran until God called him to set off for the land he would show him. These words from Genesis 12 tell us how the adventure began:
So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
So, what kind of adventure are you on with God?
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