Applications for our 2014 summer trips are already starting to arrive at the iGo Global World Wide Headquarters. Students at Super Summer in Texas and Kansas along with students at Falls Creek have stepped up and the process has begun.

What about you? It could be that you are still trying to decide if one of next summer’s trips is for you. Maybe you are still having conversations with your parents. Whatever the case, we want to help. So this week we will spend time on our blog giving you some Reasons to Go. Tune in daily and join the conversation.

Significance. Webster defines it simply as “the quality of being important.” We all want significance. Deep down. We want to do something that matters, something that will last. We crave to make our lives count.

The problem isn’t the desire. The problem is in where we look. In our quest for significance we make all of life about us. We search for OUR fulfillment, OUR happiness, OUR victory, OUR purpose, etc. The idea is that if we focus on ourselves enough we can achieve significance. So we work and pray and dream and strive to be superstars. We want the story to be about us, and we want to be the protagonist.

But it simply doesn’t work. Making the story about us never really leads to fulfillment. We may achieve some sense of significance, but the truth is it won’t last and it will always leave us longing for more.

We weren’t made for that. Yes, we are wired with the desire for significance. But true significance is found only when we lay down the starring role in our own story to embrace whatever role God has for us in His epic story. If you stop and think about it, this makes sense. God is the author of the most amazing story. In fact, every other story is just a shadow of His. And the author is also the hero. The story is all about Him. Therefore, if we give ourselves to His story we get to be part of ultimate significance.

“For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.” Mark 8:35

In many ways, this is what missions is all about. It is about laying down your life story to play the role God has given you in His story. And the role He gives us is to make Him famous.

“Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.” Psalm 96:3

Joining God’s story means making much of Him and helping others (friends, neighbors, nations) see the greatness of God. So we go. We raise money. We get on airplanes. We cross cultures. We endure whatever is necessary to be part of His story. We live on mission.

Why should you go? For this reason. Any role that God gives you in His Epic Story will be infinitely more significant than living out the starring role in your own story. Embrace His Story. Make Him Famous.