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When griping grief the heart doth wound,
and doleful dumps the mind opresses,
then music, with her silver sound,
with speedy help doth lend redress.
-William Shakespeare
Revolution
"As is often said, it's tough to steer a car while it's still parked. God's guidance to a particular ministry is more often a case of hearing his direction while we're moving on what we already know about His great plan: "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Isaiah 30:21)"
"Because of the elusiveness of this call idea, all kinds of potential cross-cultural workers are sidelined from effectively serving God. They're sitting and waiting for a personal edict from heaven - telling them what they'll be doing, where they'll go, and when they'll see their first convert. And although God wants them in full-time ministry, the edict they expect just might never come. So they wait. And feel restless. Frustrated. A little angry at God's silence. Some may feel guilty - as if they're not spiritual enough to hear a call."
"It's sobering to note that most of those serving God cross-culturally were there for one reason: persecution."
"Martin Luther admitted that although he received great insight into God's will for his life from the Bible and from the counsel of friends, he never received a dramatic call to his lifework. Often, he said, circumstances simple propelled him into God's assignments."
"Why, then, is it so often taught among believers that mission work demands a special call ? Perhaps because so many missionaries refer to the idea. More than 80% of the Western missionaries now on the field say they sensed a "leading" or "call" by God to be a missionary when they were between 10 and 12 years old."
"Are you waiting for some kind of call before you move out to find your strategic niche in God's global plan ? Wait no more. We as God's people have been very clearly commanded, commissioned and called."
"This whole business of asking for special calls to missionary work does violence to the Bible. There is the command, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." We say, "That means other people." There is a promise, "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." We say, "That means me." We must have a special indication that we fall under the command; we do not ask any special divine indication that we fall under the blessing. By what right do we draw this line of distinction between the obligations of Christianity and its privileges ? By what right do we accept the privileges as applying to every Christian and relegate its obligations to the conscience of the few ?"
"It does violence to the ordinary canons of common sense and honest judgement. We do not think of ordering other areas of our lives on this basis. If I were standing by the bank of stream, and some little children were drowning, I would not need any officer of the law to come along and serve on me some legal paper commanding me under such and such a penalty to rescue those children. I should despise myselft if I should stand there with the possibility of saving those little lives, waiting til, by some legal proceeding, I was personally designated to rescue them !"
"There is something wonderfully misleading, full of hallucination and delusion in this business of missionary calls. With many of us it is not a missionary call at all that we are looking for, it is a shove. There are great many of us who would never hear a call if it came. Somebody must come and coerce us before we will go into missionary work."
"But God had another agenda. In a simple sense He was saying, "I have a higher priority than your security. I have a better plan for your life than staying comfortable. I want to use you to reach the nations, and if you're not going voluntarily, I'll send you."
I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the Holy Spirit power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciple of His. I will not look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.
My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I am finished and done with the low living, sight-walking, small planning, smooth kness, colourless dreams, tamed visions, worldly taking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals.
I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, or popularity. I do not have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His presence, walk by patience, am uplifted by prayer, and labour by power.
My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven. My road is narrow, my way rough, my Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded, or delayed. I will not give up, shut up, or let up. I will go on until he comes, and work until He stops me. I am a disciple of Jesus.
To be saved, cost me nothing
To be a disciple of Christ, cost me everything
signing off at 1:15 AM
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A leader says " Come, let's do it. "
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