I recently
arrived back home (Belize) from a month and a half in the USA. What relief I
feel every time I come back from traveling and can sleep in my own bed; I think
this is a common feeling among travelers. It really is a delight to be in a
place with my other family. However, part of me sometimes wonders if I am
making the right decision with my life. I know that not everyone agrees with
the choice I have made to serve as a missionary, but I cannot help but continue
doing this work. Every person is born into God’s kingdom as a missionary (that
includes you and me). There is, however, different jobs that God calls us to do
in His service. Some He calls to be doctors, others dentists, others teachers
and administrators, and even some others to be mechanics. After saying that, I
want to say that I am privileged to be none of the above. I can’t even really
describe what I do in a single job description. Certain days, I have to be the
nurse. Some days I end up being the mechanic (not much gets fixed those days).
Other days I feel like a mom. I don’t think a single day goes by that I don’t do
something for which I am under qualified. But that is the beauty of it all: God
uses the under qualified to do His work just as much as the qualified. This may
be a stumbling block for some who firmly believe in organized education, but I
think that God’s training can be received in many other places. So, you may be
asking, what is my real mission? Teach. He is asking me to teach people about
His love for them. Whether I do that while putting a Band-Aid on a student’s
arm, or buying 80 bags of cement, or cutting the grass, He is beckoning me to
do it all in His love. Oddly enough, I am not the only one He has called to do
this. Remember how everyone is born as a missionary into God’s kingdom, and He
sends this message to all of His missionaries. So if you are studying medicine,
working on a farm, taking care of others, or stocking the shelves at a grocery
store, God is calling you to do it for love. I pray that whatever mission field
you have been called to you can remember the purpose and mission. Do not be
discouraged by the devil’s lies. God has called you to a special mission and He
will not let you fall out of His loving arms.
