Going and Sending

This week was yet another week of challenges for me. You'd almost think I was sick of it by now, but I'm not. Being challenged is good, being uncomfortable is good. It may not seem that way at the time, but if you're not being challenged then you're not growing and the opposite of growing is stagnation. So challenge yourself!

But that's not the point..or maybe it is...??!
This week we learnt about Missions with a good man called Bruce Skinner from the Wollongong base. He opened our eyes to the reality of missions, the countries and people that require our aid, the things that need to be done and the fact that it is everyone's personal responsibility to act.
He spoke about the great commission, the last thing Jesus spoke to us all that we need to go and make disciples of all the world. The first part of that is the word “Go.” To do this task we need to Go, get into the places of the world and not just wait for things to happen. It is active and purposeful.
Not all of us have been called to go however, but if we are not going to the world, then we certainly should be sending. This means we should be supporting those who are in missions, financially, physically and prayerfully. There are so many churches around the world who don't believe world missions is a need for them. Yes, the local community is important to reach, but chances are they have heard the Word before. There are at least 4000 completely unreached people groups with different languages. Who are we to deny the good news to them?
That last question is a hard one, because if we believe its true, then we must realise that we need to do something. And doing something is scary. God really challenged me on this during the week. If God called you to go to Saudi Arabia, a country where Christians are killed for their faith, do you trust him enough to go? That's a lot of trust and faith. It's lucky my God is a powerful God. I seriously don't know whether I could do it, but I think God is working on me with this issue of trust, because God wants the impossible to be done, and he is willing to use me. What an honour, what a fright, what an opportunity.
Lovingly yours!!