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MISSIONS POSSIBLE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Acts 16:6-10

John 16:13-15

 

“…when he,
the Spirit of truth, is come,

he will guide you into all truth…”

 

MISSIONS POSSIBLE
 
As we desire to reach the uttermost part of the world to fulfil the Great Commission, we must remain sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit as to the destination of our missions. There are places where we know have great needs, but if the Spirit of God prevents us from going there, we ought rather to submit than argue with God because of our own “good” intentions. We have to remember that missions work is not our personal operation, but God’s Great Commission. We have to depend on the plan of the Great Commander.
 
Forbidden: We may well ask, “Why should the Spirit forbid a missionary to go to a place of his own desire?” The answer simply is: because the work has been pre-arranged by God. When we insert our own plans, we ruin the design or we will do things in vain. Paul intended to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit him. It was all ordered by the wisdom and will of God. “Thus Almighty God at pleasure orders the candle of the gospel to be removed out of one room into another, sends it from one place and people to another, and accordingly ought all places and persons to prize it highly, and improve it faithfully” (Burkitt).
 
Foreordained: Paul was instructed through a vision of the Macedonian call. God alone knows best the direction of our ministries. It is best to entrust all to Him so that everything will be done according to His will. His will is always the best, our intentions may be logical and practical but His is what is needful. Paul did not question God’s will. He immediately endeavoured to go to Macedonia.
 
When the Lord gave the Great Commission, He did not offer a blank sheet of paper for us to draw up our own plans. He laid out the blueprint of the design. We just have to wait and see which part of the great design we fit into and do that work with utmost diligence. In that way, our work will not be wasted and we can be very sure we are co-labourers in God’s Kingdom, and not building our own empires.
 
THOUGHT: Am I obedient to the leading and guidance of the Holy Spirit?
PRAYER: Father, give me a humble heart that is willing to obey and follow Thee.

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