A Change in Plans
Comfortable – that’s what you would call my career in the banking field, but God had other plans for me with that two letter command.
Comfortable – that’s what you would call my career in the banking field, but God had other plans for me with that two letter command.
Fears about joining the mission field are universal. While everyone’s missions journey looks different, many of their concerns or misconceptions are the same.
Becoming a long-term missionary is fraught with change. Rise to the challenge and meet each of these head on with these tips and tricks.
The Lord says in his word that “the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few” (Mathew 9:37 NIV). Today, the World more than ever is in desperate need of workers to go out into every nation to reach the lost and the broken.
While starting a new direction in missions may be important to you, I’m sure keeping your family protected, provided for, and intact in a world that tries to tear apart family values is at the top of your list of priorities. When God nudged me to consider missions, we were a very dysfunctional family.
John Piper famously said, “Missions exists because worship doesn’t.” I would hazard that you and I are needed in missions, then, as an outpouring of our own worship.
Looking back at a career in missions asked myself: Why did I really become a missionary? Was it because of business downsizing, or because I wanted to look holy to my friends? Was it because I wanted to work for God?
You feel God is calling you to something, you just wish you knew what that something is. How do you know if a role in ministry or missions is part of His plan for your life?
Reality check: there are abundant ways to serve for mission agencies and organizations, all over the globe.
Meet Tom and Vicky Hall from Florida. Their story may be similar to what you’re going through.
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