Bid My Anxious Fears Subside (Thoughts On The Missionary Venture)

Those initial words suddenly struck me, as I am at times prone to anxiety in the missionary venture. Considerations of financial support. Ruminations of God’s direction upon my life. Fears that all I have built at Within Reach Global might fail in the end.Silly thoughts, really, when I look through the lens of God’s commitment to his own work. After all, this ministry has less to do with me at the center than it does me at the fringes, God directing the sails of his continued will for unreached people groups to come to salvation.

God aims to get all the glory in our redemption. Therefore He is adamant that He will work for us and not we for Him. He is the workman; we stand in need of His services. He is the doctor; we are the sick patient. We are the weak; He is the strong. We have the broken-down jalopy; He is the gifted mechanic. – John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals

“There are many days when we feel like we want to quit, to give up, to go home to a normal life—especially with two little children. I am drawn to return to the home of my birth instead of living in a country that has never asked me to come and a people whose language and culture is hard.But every time we start thinking about giving up the calling of God for missions, God immediately changes our hearts and we end up back on Chinese soil.”