Last month I had the opportunity to take 26 people to Liberia Africa.  Before we left for Liberia we went through a devotional guide.  I wanted to share with you just the introduction to this devotional.  If anyone is interested in seeing the full booklet please let me know I would love to e-mail it to you.

We are creatures of comfort. We prefer things which are common to us and which take us down predictable paths. When our comfort is unsettled we fight with a vengeance to recover it. This path that I speak of is a road that many will go down. We like it because we know what to expect on this route. But this is not the road that God has called us to. God never wants us to settle for what is easy or comfortable. God’s calling for every believer and especially for us who have a heart for the church in Liberia is to take the Road less traveled.

I must warn you at this point that the road less traveled is filled with pitfalls and dangerous curves. It is a costly road and one that cannot be navigated using our own experiences or abilities. Simply put the road less traveled is a road that relies completely and solely on the hands of our creator and Lord, Jesus. If you try to go down this road in your strength and in your wisdom you will be frustrated.

In the weeks to come you will need to prepare yourself for our trip to Liberia. Our trip will challenge us in every area of our life. We will be challenged physically as we ask our bodies to do things which they may not be ready or want to do. We will be challenged emotionally as we encounter people and situations that test us on all kinds of different fronts. Finally we will be challenged spiritually as the prince of darkness will seek to derail us from our mission at hand. I share these things not to scare us but to prepare us for the road we must take. The good news is that if we spend time now preparing for our journey along this road less traveled I believed we will be better off in the long run.

This devotional guide has been put together for the very purpose of preparing for our trip. I am convinced that what we put in to it is what we will get out of it. Use as much or as little of this booklet as you want over the next month. My prayer is that as we walk down this road less traveled together God will show us amazing things.