I wonder what would happen if every member of the local church felt his purpose in life was to know God and to make Him known. What if each person saw his place in God's economy as primary and his career as secondary? What if we each acknowledged God in our daily lives to the extent that we allowed His indwelling Spirit to make us a witness to those around us? What if we had such a heart for the lost that we were willing to give up the comforts of mediocrity in order to reach them with the truth? I definitely don't always live up to these things, but they are something I aspire to. But this is only possible as we rely on Christ living through us.
If you were to teach a class about missions, what kind of things would you cover? This is a question I have been pondering recently, since I have been recruited to help teach such a class during the summer. The details are still being worked out, but we are trying to decide what subjects I should talk about and how much time I should devote to each. Some subjects, like worldviews and foundational Bible teaching, can be rather useful for anyone sharing their faith with a neighbor or co-worker. Subjects like phonetics and TPR (the language learning method I mentioned in a previous post) would be applicable for someone who wants to go on the yearly missions trip Candlelight Christian Fellowship takes to Mexico. Still other subjects, like grammar or missionary technology or writing an alphabet for an unwritten language (which I haven't studied yet), would be most applicable only to those in cross-cultural ministry long term, but I may include snippets of interesting items about those to give exposure to the people who may sense God challenging them to such service in the future.
I wonder what would happen if every member of the local church felt his purpose in life was to know God and to make Him known. What if each person saw his place in God's economy as primary and his career as secondary? What if we each acknowledged God in our daily lives to the extent that we allowed His indwelling Spirit to make us a witness to those around us? What if we had such a heart for the lost that we were willing to give up the comforts of mediocrity in order to reach them with the truth? I definitely don't always live up to these things, but they are something I aspire to. But this is only possible as we rely on Christ living through us.
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