The Chief Of Excuses

Here's a conversation between the Chief of Excuses (CE) arguing with God about going on a missions trip...

CE: God what about my house, and paying my...
God: Well sell your house. Seek first My kingdom and righteousness and these things will be given to you as well.

CE: But God, what about my Job...
God: Well quite your job, I am your provider.

CE: But my children's education, they...
God: Well home school them.

CE: But how do I know you really want me to go...
God: It is already written, I said 'Go'

CE: But I’m not qualified, how can I...
God: Lean not on your own understanding, trust in me

CE: But God, it might cost me my...
God: Well make the payment!

(I read this on a mates blog and had to re-post it! He is due to arrive in Thailand in about 11 hours with his family to begin work with orphaned children. Please keep them in your prayers... you can follow their journey here: http://missionthailand.yolasite.com)

Here I am Lord, Send Me!

I do not know where you’ll have me go,
What I’ll do or say, or who’ll I’ll know,

It’s not for me to second guess,
To forge my own path or seek my own rest,

It’s for your Son I give all to serve,
For you offer me what I don’t deserve,

The riches of grace and mercy be,
Flogged and torn and hung on that tree.

I’m not my own I was bought with a price,
The Treasure of heaven, who poured out His life,

It’s not for freedom sake I’ve been set free,
So here I am Lord – Send Me!

Authored while @ ReachOut 2007

Folks... it's not a matter of am I called, but will I go? If you are a child of God, you have already been sent!

The great commission is not a command to GO, but to preach... As you are going into all the world, PREACH the gospel! So, will you?

Where you are right now is part of all the world. Your street, neighbourhood, workplace, town or city - no doubt there are countless lost souls within your reach. So in obedience to your master, reach out now and start to seek and save those which are lost!