Mission: Totally Possible

I had an amazing day. I real bright spot after what was a difficult week. Just a testimony to the mercy of God and His upholding promise to never give us more than we can handle.

Again today, He encourages me by reminding me why I wake up each morning, what compelling factor pushes me onward in strength and comforts me when I'm weak. Without His love, I could not stand on my own each day and be a witness to Him in this world.


I met a lady today who used to openly make fun of certain aspects of Christianity in public. She admitted it and smilingly said to me she knew it was probably wrong. Then she looked up and out the window, and laughing, said, "I know it's probably wrong. Sorry!" And looking again at me," I don't wanna get struck down!"
This woman acknowledged the existence of God in the same breath that she mocked Him, making light of how she previously persecuted Him with her public "jokes" against Christianity.

And thus is my challenge. This is the most difficult mission field God has put me in. I'm trying to look at it as just that -- I'm on a "mission trip." I don't know when it began or when my time in this place will end and He'll send me elsewhere. But I do know that the time to act is now. I'm ministering in a place I'm familiar with, to a people who acknowledge God and rebuke Him in the same breath. It's the biggest challenge I've faced, and today I questioned, "How, Lord, can I tell people about You when they openly deny You? When they don't want to hear?" It's a lot different when people think they know God just because they've heard about Him. And it's a lot harder to approach people who don't think they need God because they've got it all already.

But as I ask the question, I'm encouraged by the words of Paul, who faced more trials and hardships than I'll probably ever come close to. I can only hope and then continue to pray that I will respond to my trials the way Paul did and that my ministry, too, will bear fruit...


How, Lord, can I be a witness to You in the midst of a people who don't want to hear?
2 Corinthians 6:3-10 (NLT)
"We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry.
In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.
We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.
We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love.

We faithfully preach the truth. God’s power is working in us.
We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense.

We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us. We are honest, but they call us impostors. We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive.
We have been beaten, but we have not been killed. Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything."