Reviewing the Calling
I recently needed to write an article for one of our supporting churches and their missions conference. The requested theme of the article dealt with how we responded to the call to go to the mission field. While this is a brief summary and the whole story contains many more details, I thought I’d post it here on our blog for many of our churches’ benefit.
The call to “go in Jesus’ name” brought me to a fork-in-the-road moment. I was considering leaving Bible college and pursuing a degree in business and business leadership. For many years, the Lord had pressed upon my life that He wanted me to serve Him for His glory in a full-time ministry capacity. But the world and all of its opportunities were wide open to me at twenty years old. I was making good money — more than I had ever had control over before. And, I had aspirations upon a certain title and office in a company that I was working for at the time. I knew that if I put my mind to it that sheer will-power would get me that position and the pay associated with it.
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