Modern Exploration
Journal 2005 05 24
Modern Exploration
It has been a month since my last post and I am finally vertical and getting better every day. The specialist has called sarcoidosis as the condition, I believe it was probably precipitated by some condition that will remain a mystery. God bless Dr. Frank for his diligence in pursuing this medical mystery. I will have one more CT scan in two months to verify that my lymph nodes are not enlarged. Thanks for praying. I started getting better the day after the prayer request went out to the church at large.
I have missed my men of the Corps of Discovery. Like many men throughout the last two hundred years of American history they have captivated my heart. I have no desire to re-create their journey in buckskins, moccasins and muskets. I like micro-fiber, Gore-Tex, Vibram soled leather boots and my semi-auto Browning Automatic Rifle in .338 Winchester Magnum with scope. (I do have modern equivalents to their muskets. Mine are made of rustproof stainless steel with synthetic plastic rifle stocks. These rifles do require that gunpowder is poured down the barrel and a bullet is pushed in on top of the powder. The powder is then ignited by a “musket cap” and sends a very modern type bullet downrange that is vastly more accurate and effective than the round lead ball the soldiers shot from their flint fired muskets.)
Were we making a similar trip today we would not have sextants and chronometers but GPS devices, radios and satellite photographs would guide our way. I can’t get my mind around how airplanes, boats and every other motorized form of transportation would translate into modern day exploration. Where can’t we go and what don’t we know about our modern world? Where on the compass dial is our direction to the unknown? We know from history that we do not have complete knowledge of our world. Is it above ground, below ground, in the air, under the water or in the invisible heavenly realms that are just as real?
President Jefferson was the visionary for this journey. He knew that westward development of this young nation was key to continued expansion. He saw the European competition for sovereign rule of the land between the United States and the Pacific Ocean. He was able to get his mind around the unseen possibilities and had to know the answers to the dreams and curiosity in his imagination.
Thomas Jefferson, identifying Meriwether Lewis as qualified for the military leadership needed for success, called the young officer to serve as his personal secretary. Jefferson began to train Lewis in the sciences needed to complete the mission. More importantly, he began to transfer his vision for the mission to the eager young man who was already versed in the self-sufficient life the wilderness required. Although time was a factor, Jefferson did not pursue authorization from Congress until he was confident that Lewis had captured his vision for the mission and was prepared to complete it to his satisfaction.
This historical example reveals large holes in our modern training and instruction. We are encouraging young people to find their own way and make their own choices. This example should encourage us to become skilled in our current situations. We should be willing to respond to training and imparted vision. We should be able to wear the mantle of delegated authority and complete our assigned missions.
Does someone see greatness in you? Are you listening to them?
Is anyone calling you up to uncharted ground? Are you hearing their call? More importantly, are you answering?
Am I, are you, willing to have vision imparted from someone else? Jefferson was not physically capable of this great expedition. Its work would require the strength only young men possess.
Can I, can you, see your calling fulfilled within the vision of another?
Can we see the training that allows us to follow another’s vision leads us to qualification to train others as we impart vision to them?
Lord, may we hear the call to vision, training and mission and heed the call!
“Blessed is Jehovah my Rock, who teaches My hands for war, my fingers for battle.”
(Psalms 144:1)
Modern Exploration
It has been a month since my last post and I am finally vertical and getting better every day. The specialist has called sarcoidosis as the condition, I believe it was probably precipitated by some condition that will remain a mystery. God bless Dr. Frank for his diligence in pursuing this medical mystery. I will have one more CT scan in two months to verify that my lymph nodes are not enlarged. Thanks for praying. I started getting better the day after the prayer request went out to the church at large.
I have missed my men of the Corps of Discovery. Like many men throughout the last two hundred years of American history they have captivated my heart. I have no desire to re-create their journey in buckskins, moccasins and muskets. I like micro-fiber, Gore-Tex, Vibram soled leather boots and my semi-auto Browning Automatic Rifle in .338 Winchester Magnum with scope. (I do have modern equivalents to their muskets. Mine are made of rustproof stainless steel with synthetic plastic rifle stocks. These rifles do require that gunpowder is poured down the barrel and a bullet is pushed in on top of the powder. The powder is then ignited by a “musket cap” and sends a very modern type bullet downrange that is vastly more accurate and effective than the round lead ball the soldiers shot from their flint fired muskets.)
Were we making a similar trip today we would not have sextants and chronometers but GPS devices, radios and satellite photographs would guide our way. I can’t get my mind around how airplanes, boats and every other motorized form of transportation would translate into modern day exploration. Where can’t we go and what don’t we know about our modern world? Where on the compass dial is our direction to the unknown? We know from history that we do not have complete knowledge of our world. Is it above ground, below ground, in the air, under the water or in the invisible heavenly realms that are just as real?
President Jefferson was the visionary for this journey. He knew that westward development of this young nation was key to continued expansion. He saw the European competition for sovereign rule of the land between the United States and the Pacific Ocean. He was able to get his mind around the unseen possibilities and had to know the answers to the dreams and curiosity in his imagination.
Thomas Jefferson, identifying Meriwether Lewis as qualified for the military leadership needed for success, called the young officer to serve as his personal secretary. Jefferson began to train Lewis in the sciences needed to complete the mission. More importantly, he began to transfer his vision for the mission to the eager young man who was already versed in the self-sufficient life the wilderness required. Although time was a factor, Jefferson did not pursue authorization from Congress until he was confident that Lewis had captured his vision for the mission and was prepared to complete it to his satisfaction.
This historical example reveals large holes in our modern training and instruction. We are encouraging young people to find their own way and make their own choices. This example should encourage us to become skilled in our current situations. We should be willing to respond to training and imparted vision. We should be able to wear the mantle of delegated authority and complete our assigned missions.
Does someone see greatness in you? Are you listening to them?
Is anyone calling you up to uncharted ground? Are you hearing their call? More importantly, are you answering?
Am I, are you, willing to have vision imparted from someone else? Jefferson was not physically capable of this great expedition. Its work would require the strength only young men possess.
Can I, can you, see your calling fulfilled within the vision of another?
Can we see the training that allows us to follow another’s vision leads us to qualification to train others as we impart vision to them?
Lord, may we hear the call to vision, training and mission and heed the call!
“Blessed is Jehovah my Rock, who teaches My hands for war, my fingers for battle.”
(Psalms 144:1)
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