Call Forwarding
Theme for the Week: Investing Internationally—1 Thessalonians 1-3
Art Beals
Wednesday, October 24, 2001
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Key Bible Verse: What is.
our joy.
in the presence of.
Jesus when he comes.
? Is it not you? (1 Thessalonians 2:19-20).
Bonus Reading: 1 Thess. 2:17-3:5
Mike was a printer in our church with an interest in Muslims. He wondered how he might use his vocational skills in serving these people. But Mike's wife felt keenly the responsibilities of rearing their two children and didn't feel comfortable considering a mission experience in a distant, perhaps dangerous country.
As Mike kept his sense of challenge before her, one day Donelyn responded, "Well, if you can find a mission assignment in England, I'm willing to go!"
Not long afterward, I shared with Mike an opportunity I'd just learned about. A mission agency that provides Christian literature for the Muslim world needed a printer with the skills to typeset by computer to publish their material in Arabic. Mike's response was both eager and guarded. He said he was willing to go anywhere, but jokingly added that his wife's call was limited to England.
I couldn't believe what he was saying. The printer needed to fill this job would be located in southern England!
Soon after, the entire family left and served effectively for several years till the publishing task was completed.
Art Beals in When the Saints Go Marching Out! My Response:
One interest of mine that God might use overseas is .
Thought to Apply:
There comes to.
us the choice between.
a life of small dimensions and one of widening horizons.
John R. Mott (Student Volunteer Movement leader)
Adapted from: When the Saints Go Marching Out! (Geneva, 2001) with permission.
For your convenience, When the Saints Go Marching Out! is available in the ChristianityToday.com bookstore.
Copyright © 2001 by the author or Christianity Today, Inc./Men of Integrity magazine.
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