I found myself in this state of questioning myself just rescently with graduation right around the corner and just through the grinding of life that goes days by day, meeting to meeting, busy task to busy task.
In our world today we are all so narcasitic that we think our petty jobs and places in this world are the most important and that we couldn't possibley fit anything else into our lives because we are so busy. It is almost as if we think the world will stop when we stop. I do this too, the finger is right back in my face and to and extent its not entirely untrue, we each have a plac in the world and a job to do.
The bigger issue, for me at least, is I want make a real difference. My career path of teaching and coaching is set upon that and obviously not the money, but I have found myself rescently wondering is that enough? can the biggest difference be made by me in the world by me just teaching and yelling at a boy with a pig skin in his hand?
I have always believed that my ministry would be in this area of students and sports, but I have also felt the call to do more. Numerous times have a felt the soft knock then the loud bang on the door of my heart to do more. Weather it was not part of my plan or because I am afraid of missinterpretting the message, I have fled from the thought of such higher calling.
True enough, there aren't enough hands ready, able, and willing to be used by God these days, so much so that I firmly believe it far exceeds the 20-80 rule of 20% fo the people do 80% of the work to the point that I feel it may be more like 1-99 or worse. And yet, God still finds a way for that small percent to get the job done and bring him glory.
I have a strong suspicion that a large selection of others are in a similar case as I, in which they don't want to answer the call or are taking their sweet time answering it. So, to imagine how much more God could do with the others, even if it were doubled to a still measley 2%! Oh how amazing that would be.
So I guess the question for you and me then, is are we going to allow ourselves to be the hands and feet and share the Gospel? Will we do the dirty work in the dirty places that others turn their nose up at? Will we take it upon ourselves to be obedient to Christ and follow where he leads when he says? or will we waste time doing what we feel we can't leave without finishing instead of "letting the dead burry the dead"?
I suspect the real reason to not just be simply not caring but rather a lack of confidence in ourselves to get the job done. Missions would require us to put our faith to the test. The rubber would meet the road and we would be tested in ways that make us uncomfortable and we are afraid to fail! It is because we think we have to have it all figured out for God to use us.
God is still completing a good work in us! He is continually changing us for the better! Constantly molding us into his image that we can reflect to a dark and lost world! The challenge to you and I is to find where the meat and substance to our life and our goals are, and then to determine what role we should play. Are we to continue sitting int he saftey of our sunday rutine and untested faith? or are we to go out on faith under fire and love others and through that love, which comes from Christ, meet their needs?!
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit-Matthew 28:19
Very thought provoking!!!
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