FEELING THAT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO MISSIONS?

"How can they hear without someone preaching to them?" -- Romans 10:14

Take these steps to discover if He is calling you:

1.      Read everything about missions and missionaries that you can get your hands on.

2.      Start by reading the story of Susan Fitkin's call. She's a lady who had a dramatic "call" to global evangelism, a call which led her to be a mobilizer and vision-caster at home rather than an on-the-field missionary.

3.      Get involved in the missions mobilization and education program of your local church

4.      Go hear every missionary speaker that you can. God sometimes chooses that time to clarify His calling to young people.

5.      Talk to your pastor.

6.      Verbalizing your thinking with him and enlisting his prayer support may help you sort through various issues.

7.      Throw yourself into active ministry through your local church.

8.      Learn to minister effectively in your own culture before you attempt cross-cultural ministry.

9.      Go on a short-term missions trip .A cross-cultural mission trip will give you a taste of life on the mission field and a good opportunity to sense God's leadership.

10.  Contact a missionary sending agency.

11.  Consider giving a year of volunteer service overseas before deciding whether you should offer the rest of your life.

12.  Persevere.

God's leadership: Key elements of a divine call

In reflecting on a case study used in Theology of Missions class, student Kimberly Jayne noted that some common elements of a call into long-term or career ministry were:

1.      A metaphysical encounter with God which establishes a sense of calling (This may as dramatic as the burning bush episode Moses had in Exodus 3 or it may be a gentle whisper like the still small voice Elijah heard in 1 Kings 19).

2.      A time of reflection or doubting of the calling

3.      An affirmation of the call through the Body of Christ (the Church)

4.      A willingness to obey that puts no conditions on where you are willing to go or on what God may ask you to do.

5.      Accepting the timings of the Lord.

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