"Sinking In."

A simple yet relevant question was the only needed thing to just fully sink in to my senses the significance of the privilege of being a part of it down there, and understand the reason why I would want to be a part of it again, up here.

Three Sundays ago, my friends (which are my co-volunteers too) have received a variety of revelations, most of them brought their testimonies in our youth services, and delivered it in different perspectives. I'm proud to see them in front testifying God's goodness in us while we were there and how we experienced it from the outset until the end.

I entrusted to them to do the talking.

I settled myself to do the writing.

I assumed that I have nothing more to say because they have said it all. That was all I thought. Rest was a good thing to ponder at those moments (because we had an action-packed week with a series full of adventures, and all of us know what each of us had gone through).

But God.

In the middle of my reticent (and kinda-floating) mind, posed me a question which caught my attention.

"What is your pursuit?"

I took the question personally and asked myself again.

"What was indeed my real pursuit (at this thing)?"

To be honest, I was surprised not because it was surprising but I figured out lately that I have nothing to answer. So the quest to look for an answer started in my memory, hoping that I could find one.

I began to recall every moment that I can remember, scrutinizing all its finest details in order for me to find it and give meaning as to why it was a pleasure for me and the team to do what we've done and gave the things that we've given to make that conference transpired.

Then I remembered the time I went through the groups of teens that were led by Jon and Anna Curtis who made a street evangelism on the seaside of Balingasag.

As I captured and witness those youths who were ministering to those people and sharing God's love for them gave me a perspective to see a simple yet relevant answer to the question that was asked to me earlier.

The reason why that boy with His groupmates didn't budged themselves by the hesitancy at first of that old couple and they were bold enough to minister in that stone couch and led them to a prayer of salvation eventually falls at this motivation.

The reason why that girl was so eager to share to those kids who Jesus is and tells them why He doesn't want them to go to hell is being defined by this explanation.

The reason why that girl didn't felt absurd to pray that woman even though she's playing mahjong rests in this intuition.

After recalling those events, realization came to my senses.

I tried to relate it on every activities of the conference. In every worship rally, in those divided streams, in the motives behind the people who participated, in everything that influenced the audible and the visible, I saw one great reason that really mattered above all that have happened.

And the search came to an end. I found my answer.

I have learned the pursuit that returns me back to the motivation and answers the question why it will be a pleasure again for me to serve at this coming conference.

It is that every person in the duration of their lives should always long and live to be in communion with God.

For there is nothing more important in our lives from that and seek the meaning of it on something else.

Apart from Him, we are really, really nothing. But as we have Him, we have everything.

And from that, I've discovered something more.

In that pursuit, we became an answer, to be a demonstration, whether being seen by people or doing the work behind the scenes, to let that purpose come into transpiration.

Being surrounded with a cloud of witnesses, as carriers of what we have received from God manifested in different talents, abilities and capacities, we initiated ourselves to be vessels, to impart our lives that describes a life of having communion with God. Having that said, we ourselves became a living testimony of it.

It all points out on that single reason.

It's not only about making the conference to be felt down there.

It's not because it's an event that's expected to happen again up here.

It's about making Jesus and His presence to be felt, to instill to His church the awareness of His presence that will never be lost as it is being pursued always.

And from that experience will be birthed out this longing and desire to live with God and stand for God at all times. And let His divine plan have its work in their lives.

And as I relate that pursuit on the things that I have responded down there and the assignment that I'll be doing up here, it will be a joy for me to be a willing servant to do what I can do by the grace of God, and give help and support to let that pursuit come to pass as I play my part.

Sometimes, it's a good thing for us to go back at the point prior to why we do things.

For it reminds you of the purpose that deserves of your passion.

It gives you the right motivation and let that pursuit come into manifestation.

I was in the verge of forgetting it but thank God that His Spirit brings unto my remembrance the things that I should remember to have the right motive and the right heart. This has reminded me of something that really matters. More than that, it has delivered me from the tune of familiarity.

History is mostly written through the eyes of its witnesses. And this written account, is a history indeed, for it will always remind me of God's provision, strength, grace, and favor that He has given to me personally, and to my leaders and co-volunteers when we were down there and He'll be giving to all the people who will have their part as it will be happening up here in a few days.

Let me wrap this up with a question.

"What is your pursuit?"


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To God be the glory!

Au revoir.

#LifeConMindanao2015
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P.S. 

Create unto me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. :)