D-Day Minus 2 - The Key to the Missionary's Work

Don't tell anyone but I have a daily devotional time every morning when I get to work & most days I read from Oswald Chamber's book "My Utmost for His Highest" (that's the secret). It was first printed in 1935 and written well before that. I read alot, but try to stay current with contemporary authors and fresh publications. I like Oswald, but generally speaking, that's not how I roll.

But this morning, he totally nailed it. Here's a quote from the October 14 devotion: "The key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the LOST. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don't go -- He simply says, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations ......" He says "Go on the basis of the revealed Truth of My sovereignty, teaching and preaching out of your living experience of Me."

We're not to go, expecting God to help us and we're certainly not going in order to help Him. We go joyfully because we're commanded to - He will fulfill His purpose - not me. I forget that sometimes.....