Monday, February 23, 2009

WHERE ON EARTH ARE WE GOING?!


I wonder how many times those called upon in biblical times, asked this question. "But, Lord, where on Earth are we going?!" I'm thinking not a whole lot. I don't recall ever reading these words in the Bible anywhere. Isaiah?
"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" (Isaiah 6:8)
Abraham, the father of faith? No way. Whenever the Lord would call, to a point of what would become the ultimate trial of faith; a call to the region of Moriah, his answer?
"Here I am," he replied (Genesis 22:18)
So, where is it that we have been called? What was our answer? Did we look on a globe first? I don't think so. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's just not the way it seems to work. We hear a call. Perhaps it's not an audible one, more of a heart pull. Yet, the response is the same.
"Here I am, Lord. Send me!"
THEN, we look on the globe! ;)
And so, we will go. Eight of us. A team, united in Christ, one mission, on a mission trip.
"Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations," (Matthew 28:19)
Jesus commands us, in the gospel of Matthew. "All nations," referring back to the very nations promised to Abraham, all the people, to whom Abraham would father.
"and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." (Genesis 12:3)
May we be a blessing to those whose lives we will touch through the Evangelical Church in Capljina, Bosnia as the Lord uses us in answer to his call.

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