“And he
said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature.” (Mark 16:15 KJV)
I wonder how it would look like to see every
Christian family in our churches set aside a vacation from work and use it for
a short term mission trip. Remember that God has a planned trip for us and our
responsibility is to obey. The Lord commanded us to "Go". (Matthew
28:19) The International Community Christian Church in Trenton, Michigan is a
mission driven church. No wonder they have mission trip in Detroit, Michigan,
they have mission trips within the United States, and they also send mission
teams outside of the United States such as the Philippines, Ecuador, Belize,
Guatemala and other countries. We are all responsible to God with the people
around us, the people among us, and those who are away from us. I don't know
how many people are suffering physically, economically, emotionally, and are
under spiritual struggles or under extreme religious persecution.
I'm not against about giving for the cause and we
must give for missions. I appreciate those who supported my mission endeavor,
and I hope I could have more supporters. But we must also remember that Jesus
did not tell His disciples to either just pray or give for the cause. He told them
to "Go". And that's the same message God is giving us. The wrong mind
set of some churches are the priorities they have and where they put God’s
money. They have more budgets on things that don't even work, less important or
unnecessary. But they have less or no budget for missions. Jesus said; “20- And they went forth, and preached
everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs
following. Amen.” (Mark 16:20 KJV)
