"I'm not called"
How many times have you or someone you know quoted this when it comes to missions? It is not uncommon to hear Christians say, "Well, not everyone is called to foreign missions, or I'm not called to foreign missions?"
Since when did we start categorizing what "missions" really means?
I would like to share an excerpt from an awesome book that I've been reading by David Platt, that just might call us modern day Christians out on this subject....
"Where in the Bible is missions ever identified as an optional program in the church? We have just seen (earlier in this chapter and in God's Word, of course) that we were created by God, saved from our sins, and blessed by God to make His glory known in all the world. Indeed, Jesus himself has not merely called us to go to all nations; he has created us and commanded us to go to all nations. We have taken this command though, and reduced it to a calling- something that only a few people receive."
"In the process, we have unnecessarily (and unbibically) drawn a line of distinction, assigning the obligations of Christianity to a few while keeping the privileges of Christianity for us all."
"However, we know that each of us has different gifts, different passions, different callings from God. God has gifted us in many different ways. (some may like to use this as an excuse?) However, each follower of Christ, in the New Testament, regardless of his or her calling, was intended to take up the mantle of proclaiming the Gospel to the ends of the earth."
the Great Commission:
"All authority has been given to me in Heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey all of my commandments."
And lo, I am with you always even to the end of the age."
Matthew 28
The point?
We all have to stop catorgorizing missions today in our churches if we are serious about serving our Almighty Father.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, we are all called to GO!
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