Missions At Home

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building 1 Corinthians 3:9

Often when we think about missions and missionaries, we think of those serving over-seas. We seldom think of ourselves. Greg and Shannon Rast, sharing the gospel in Germany, are real missionaries. Selinda Ingalls, teaching the people of Zambia the love of Jesus, is a real missionary. Ned and Marlene McGrady, serving in Ecuador as pastors to missionaries, are real missionaries. But we—the people sitting in the pews at Cascades Wesleyan every Sunday, are not real missionaries. We are just regular people, learning all we can about God's love and how to share that love.

Right?

Well, just what do you think missionaries are?

Greg, Shannon, Selinda, Ned, and Marlene are not superheroes. They are just regular people who are learning all they can about God's love and going out to share that love to people who have never met Him. The only difference between them and us is where God is using them. He called them to minister to people in other countries. And He called us to minister to people in Jackson, MI.

Our mission fields are different. Some of us may minister in a hospital, some in a classroom, some in a factory, and some in a grocery store. Every day we meet new people, we have a new opportunity to opportunity to teach them about God.

And we don't necessarily need to use words to do it. We can spread God's love with a smile or a wave or by holding a door open for someone else. It doesn't take a degree to share God's love. All it takes is a kind heart.

We all have that, don't we?