He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." -Mark 16:15
Lately, I have been so eager to go out of this country and share the Gospel. I have good friends going to Zambia, Kenya, and South Africa this summer and my sweet friend Meredith will be taking a gap year to do mission work in three different countries! I am so excited for my friends and I cannot wait to see the many different ways God uses them, but I keep thinking "why not me?"
I keep asking myself: Why doesn't God choose me to go out of the way to tell others about Him? Am I not faithful enough? Do I need to try harder? Why am I not called to missions? Then I realized...
I am.
Last week at Barnes and Noble, Katie, Meredith, and I thought it would be awesome to go up to strangers and tell them about the huge impact Jesus has made in our lives. So we did it. No harm done. We shared the Gospel in the middle of Barnes and Noble in Hoover because that is what He has called us all to do. Then, we sat in the car and prayed individually for each person that we talked to. "Go into all the world" We don't have to be halfway across the world to be on the mission field. Our everyday lives are our mission field. Every moment we're in, every place we go, and every person we meet should be seen as an opportunity to share the Gospel.
I think it's amazing that my friends have been called to international missions and I do believe that God will call me to that someday too. I know He has called me to full-time ministry and whether I'll be in India, Africa, or Alabama, I know that Christ will be right beside me as I share His love with others. "preach the good news to all creation." For now, I'll take every opportunity I have to show others what Christ has done for me. After all, people in America need Christ just as much as people in Africa do.
