“I can’t be a missionary before I’m 25.”
“Why not?” I ask surprised. I’m talking with a younger member of our group about missions.
“Because I want to finish school and college and get a job and get married first.”
I don’t understand… so many youth in our church somehow do exactly this. And the problem is that often once they get through college and they get that good paying, secure job they want, they are tied down with debt and are unable to break free to fulfill God’s command in Mat 28.
We are too attracted to the ease and the security that the world’s way of life offers. The regular job. The nice house to live in. The car to drive every day. For many of us, our worst trouble is when we lose our job, or when the car is totaled in an accident, or when the house burns down.
But the real question is: What are we living for? Who are we living for? Do you really want the security that the world offers? A good paying job, a nice house, good neighbors, that boat in the back yard? Sure you can still try to be a witness for God even if you have the comforts of life. But what does your experience with God really consist of? Is it just talk? or is it real?
Don’t you want to live for God? to take security under His wings? It doesn’t matter if you have a nice house, or a nice car, or live in a nice neighborhood. These things don’t matter if you want God’s security. But if you want God’s security you have to go where he asks you to go even if it’s not secure. Just think, going to an unsafe place because God asks you to go is actually the most secure and safe place to go! If God asks you to go, then He know’s its for your eternal good. You may not have a nice house, a nice car, a good paying job, or even a paying job at all, but you will learn to depend on God more, and the eternal wages will make it worth it.
Do you want to live for God? Do you want to fulfill His plan for your life? to place His wishes above your own? to place the things of this world in second place to Him and His wishes? Even though you might not have a nice house or the comforts of this life, He promises a mansion for you in heaven. Is it worth it? Is it worth it to you?
Amen, brother!!! Unfortunately, I’ve had to get almost to the aforementioned age to learn that, but oh how true. I’d encourage anyone to get into the mission field, NOW! Thanks for sharing those thoughts. 🙂
Wow! Thanks for sharing! This is exactly what God has been teaching me in the last few months! I had many excuses, but one by one God melted them away and gave me irresistable conviction that He wants me in mission work.