Back in the Fall of 08, when I was getting ready to send out support letters for my missions trip to Argentina, I claimed a verse as my theme verse for that adventure. I recently (today) reread that verse and see how it applies to me, here and now.
Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
God has placed me where I am, right now, for a specific purpose. Ultimately, that purpose is "to testify to the gospel". My job, wherever I am, is to bear witness to His love and grace. I am supposed to be telling other people about Him and living out the gospel in my life. Am I doing that? Some days are better than others. This is my ministry. This is my mission field right now. I do not have to (as much as I LOVE to) go to a foreign place to tell people about the most important thing in the whole entire universe. Why am I afraid? Why do I get nervous? I should not consider my life as valuable and precious to myself. I should be laying it all out on the line to finish the course and the ministry that I have recieved from the Lord.
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