For a long time I said that I would be willing to serve God wherever He wanted me. Of course I was picturing living in a village in Papua New Guinea or digging wells in Africa. But there's a pretty good chance He never really wanted me in those places.
When it comes to serving Him here at home I'm much less ready to go. I'm prepared for God to send me into the wild, into the dangerous. It's the mundane and boring that I struggle with. While I've had my eyes set on a grand adventure around the world God has been asking why I haven't been doing more here at home.
If I'm prepared to go wherever God sends me am I prepared if I'm already there? What if my mission field is my office, what if my natives are my neighbors. When I tell God I'd be willing to serve Him wherever He leads there are always been a few implies "excepts" in that statement.
Are you prepared to follow God wherever He leads you? What are your "except that one" mission fields? Are they far from home or are they next door?
If I'm prepared to go wherever God sends me am I prepared if I'm already there? What if my mission field is my office, what if my natives are my neighbors. When I tell God I'd be willing to serve Him wherever He leads there are always been a few implies "excepts" in that statement.
Are you prepared to follow God wherever He leads you? What are your "except that one" mission fields? Are they far from home or are they next door?
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