Me a Missionary?

Have you ever thought about giving to missions? Helping to support our missionaries here and abroad. Have you ever thought about being a missionary? Jesus gave us all a command to be missionaries in Matthew 28:19-20 He said:

"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, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you."

Make disciples of all nations. I guess that would mean our nation too. Where should we start? The best place to look is the place that God put us in. Are we being faithful missionaries at home? Think about it for minute. What does a missionary do? He is sent to a group of people who often know little or nothing about our Savior. He makes every effort through prayer and diligence to introduce them to Christ and once they are saved to teach them all that Jesus commanded that they might show their love for the Savior by living obediently to Him.

Now what is a parent if not a missionary to their children? These little ones are given to the parents by God. The little ones know little or nothing about our Savior. God calls the parent to make every effort through prayer and diligence to introduce them to Christ and once they are saved to teach them all that Jesus commanded that they might show their love for the Savior by living obediently to Him. (And that our children might do the same for their children one day.)

What an awful thing when parents are off worrying about the rest of the world and dropping the ball on the mission field God first laid before them. I'm not saying that we should ignore the needs of others, but I am saying that the Bible teaches our responsibility to the little lives God blesses us with first. As and after we have been obedient to that, then we can look to the needs of others.

Don't get so caught up in the affairs and busyness of life that you forget the mission field God put you on as a parent. What an awesome responsibility and privilege. Don't miss it.