"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us," John 1:14
During my recent mission trip to Jamaica, I had the pleasure of meeting a sister in Christ by the name of Shana. Shana is a nurse by trade and a Christian by calling. Her role in the medical mission was to see to the needs of the body, preparing the soil as it were, for the planting of the seed. I appreciated the way that she always seemed to have a smile on her face. She exuded the spirit of joy as she went about taking care of her patients.
I was recently informed that she will soon go on another mission trip. This time, she will go to Guatemala, not as a member of a team, but as an individual who will stay several months with a family she does not know and will heal medically and spiritually.
During a recent conversation about mission ministry, she asked two questions: "What more can I do?" and "How do I answer those who question why I pursue mission work so passionately?"
For a person that does as much as she does for the Lord and his people, the first question was amazing. My answer was to continue using the gift of healing and joy that God has given her for His glory. The answer to the second question also answers the first. "Allow your ministry and your gift to be your testimony. When those you serve ask why you do what you do, tell them that Christ left the comfortable and perfect confines of heaven to come to this alien environment to feed the hungry, heal the sick and teach the seeking." Then ask, "How could I do any less?"
Beloved, we are all charged with mission work. We are all responsible for broadening the borders of the kingdom of heaven by seeing to the physical and spiritual needs of those who are all around us. Though the bible teaches that we are to go to all nations and teach and baptize, those nations may begin right next door, in the next desk or the next cubicle. Christ left all for us. In order that we might gain him, how could we do any less?
In Revival,
Lee
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