Missions....

Some people have the misconception that missions mean you have to leave the country to tell people about Jesus. Missions is simply going forth and telling people. Jesus didn’t command us to leave the country. He told us that while we are going we are to spread the good news. That means that you are suppose to be telling people you come into contact with everyday. And I don’t know about you but even I don’t come in contact with a foreign country everyday. The closest thing to that would be running into someone from a different country, and that doesn’t happen everyday either.

We are suppose to be telling people here, there, and everywhere that we presently are. Yes, some people are called to leave this country and go out and tell people in a different country. Some people are called to just leave their particular state and tell people. Some people are called to just stay in their own city and tell people. What binds all of us together is that we are all called to tell people the good news.

I know that fear is a hindrance for some, but that’s not a valid argument for the simple fact that fear doesn’t come from the Lord. We are told that in the Bible. Fear is Satan trying to hinder you from doing what it is that God has told you to do. So when fear creeps up on you, call out to God and He will reassure you.

I have been told by some that they don’t feel equipped or qualified to do missions. Well, my campus minister said it best when he said, “ God doesn’t call the qualified. God qualifies the called.” What is it exactly that you think you have to know? Do you think that you must know everything there is to know about God before you go? If that was the case nobody would ever go tell the good news. Because we will never know everything there is to know about God till heaven. And people, once we get to heaven we can’t tell nobody, still on earth, anything. If you have Jesus in your heart and God in your life, guess what you’re fully qualified to share the good news.

In my time here on this planet one thing I’ve learned is that with God in your life you can hear His message even from the worst speakers. When looking around for a church to go to I discovered that even some one not living their life the way they should bringing the message, God still reaches His people. God whispers something to me in every message I hear. It has stemmed from one sentence in a sermon before. I was sitting in a church trying my best to understand what this preacher was saying and God said grab onto that last sentence and let Me tell you what I want you to know. I didn’t hear the rest of the sermon because God was revealing things to me thru just one sentence from that preacher. From that day on, I knew that I could go to any church I wanted to, because God was going to make sure that I got what He wanted me to out of the message.

Having said that I will say that I would not become a member of a church that I didn’t feel led to join. Of course that’s neither here nor there when talking about missions per say. But a church that isn’t missions minded is not a church I would ever want to be a part of, unless told by God to join. Missions are the walking to all the talking we as Christians do. I’m big on doing what you talk about. If you’re always saying one thing you shouldn’t do the opposite. That would mean you don’t really believe what it is you’re telling people (backsliding aside, for I know we all do it from time to time because we are not perfect).