07/02/2024
THE FOOLISHNESS OF BEING A MISSIONARY
Why do people think you're wasting your LIFE when you're into volunteer Missions work?
It's just amazing how carnal. Many Christian believers are in the disguise of being "Wise".
They say "if you're going into Ministry, you have to be wise. You can serve God anywhere, it's still the same".
Excuse me, it's not!
You have to be where God wants you to be and you have to enjoy yourself while at it.
Village or City, traditional Missions or Conventional Ministry, Marketplace ministry or anywhere the Lord wants you. Your responsibility is to So SERVE.
We use the Scripture, "let your light so shine... " to empower our position of doing what we want, in the disguise of "I'm shining", but we forget that there's ONE who lights a lamp and sets it WHERE IT WILL SHINE. There's one who sets men in their places.
WHERE'S MY REWARD?
God rewards with things,
But our ultimate reward in doing the Lord's work is that we gain Him. He's our reward. The Lord is our portion.
Mike Bickle says it this way, "The reward of a Lover is the anointing to Love. The reward of a Lover is that He gains the person whom He Loves."
Nothing else! We should want to gain Christ above all else! To live is Christ and to die is gain. That he tells us when we meet Him, "Weldone, thou good and faithful servant, enter into the Joy of your Lord".
If you want to live unboxed and live in your authentic purpose, then you must be willing to follow the Creator's unique blueprint for your life. Don't do something the same way because it's the way everyone is going, or it's the way that brings in the dollars, or it's the most popular way, or it's the way people want you to do it or it's the way you think it should be. FOLLOW GOD'S BLUEPRINT!
One of the greatest revelations the Lord gave me very early in my life is this. "GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU IS BIGGER AND MORE FULFILLING THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN EVER MAKE FOR YOURSELF".
Every Christian Believer is a missionary. You have a mission. Whether it's traditional Missions like what we do in Life Missions or it's Marketplace Missions like Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur does, you're a missionary.
What this means is that you're willing to follow Holy Spirit wherever he leads you to go. Like Shae Bynes will say "When you do anything in God's leading, you're Partnering with an Awesome and limitless God." (paraphrased).
Quit struggling with God over that calling and yield. "There's more freedom in Surrender than in having your own way." (Bill Johnson).
Life Missions is still taking 1000 volunteers this year to Uganda to minister to the over 1.5 Million Refugees who are waiting for us. This can be your call in this season.
Β© Moses Abah, the Unconventional Minister.
Inspiring you to Live Unboxed.