"We've embraced the metaphor of pilgrimage for our lives with good reason. Psalm 84:5 and 7 have become our theme verses: "Blessed are those whose strength is in you; -who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion." Being foreigners in this world is the reality for all who follow Jesus. Missionaries may have more daily reminders about our "alien" rank on earth - completing alien registration forms, navigating foreign cultures and enduring homesickness. But our foreign status is not just about travel. It's a pilgrim mindset that entails following God's call beyond our own boundaries and comfort.
Most missionaries have escaped the snares of a settler mentality and have chosen the pilgrim mindset, an eternal perspective. Abraham and Sarah could make their home in tents because they knew God was preparing a city with foundations for them. They could live as strangers here because they knew they belonged in heaven."
(World Shapers, Pilgrim Mindset, Jim & Carol Plueddemann, World Pulse, Jan 9,2004)
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