God Doesn't Really Need Me To Go

I had this thought this weekend....God doesn't really need me to go to Africa.....It's true.  


When I was first asked to go, I didn't hesitate to say yes.  I recognized the opportunity to go and see the work of Children's Cup in Swaziland.  I couldn't wait to see the kids they reach and teach.  I still can't.  I can't wait to hug them with love.  


But God doesn't really need me...to go.  It's not about feeling needed.  


It was in Sunday's message that I understood.  Yes, this is an opportunity but I also have a responsibility to go.  I can't pass that up.  I do missions, that is an area where God has called and planted His desires for His needs in my heart.  So it's like I can't NOT go.


I don't really bring any special skills to the team.  I can't fix the broken, I can't bring prosperity, I can't heal the sick, I can't.  But I can love, I can hug, I can serve them where needed, I can paint, I swing a hammer, I can sit and hold a precious heart in my lap.  Those things I CAN do.  


God does want my willing heart to be, to go, to give.  I believe that is His mission.  I can obey His call to go.  I can share my love of my Savior with them.  I can tell of how he has worked in my life with the broken things.  I can give them hope.  I can.

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Beautiful Feet!

This past couple of weeks I have been reading Romans. Paul has a way with words and I found this nugget of power that I just had to share. Romans 10: 14 - 15 -

"But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

Are you bringing God's good news to people in your life?
Have you told them about the love and forgiveness of Jesus?
How will they know unless you tell them? 

Will you utilize the gift of your beautiful feet?

Are you willing to shod your feet with the Gospel so that others can know Him?  When we see our part in sharing the gospel and how God equips us to go by using the gifts we have, it takes the fear out of the going.  Think about their beautiful feet...the feet of those who still need to hear, those that are still waiting to receive what your beautiful feet have to bring.  Everyone has a story and I encourage you to share yours with the very next set of feet you meet.

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My Why!

So what does the picture of that bear have to do with my reasons for going to Swaziland?  Absolutely nothing....but it made you come over here and read my post now didn't it?  


My reasons for going are numerous but really nothing says it better than the chorus of the song by Josh Wilson "I Refuse" ...


Check this out...




I refuse.
'Cause I don't want to live like I don't care.
I don't want to say another empty prayer.
I refuse to
Sit around and wait for someone else
To do what God has called me to do myself.
I could choose
Not to move but I refuse.

I can hear the least of these
Crying out so desperately,
And I know we are the hands and feet
Of you, oh God.
So, if you say move,
Then it's time for me to follow through,
And do what I was made to do.
Show them who you are.

I refuse to just stand by and not help those who need it.  I refuse to not hear the weary and the lost.  I refuse to not invest in people who need to see you more clearly.  It's time to get radical.  

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