And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven

Gen 22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

Good morning dear friends, I hope today finds you well and ready. In the above verse we read of the text explaining how Abraham came into the Lords service, and it all started with humility and availability. Abraham left into a country that he didn't even know about, yet he went. Well I am excited as we are shortly coming up on our mission’s revival in our church. In case you don't know what one is I will try to explain for you. In the Bible we read at the end of the synoptic gospels of the great commission that is to go out into all the world and preach, baptize, and teach the gospel message to every creature. Now at our church we take this very seriously as we believe to be a true Independent Fundamental New Testament Bible Believing Baptist church that this is our duty! What most New Testament churches do is have a week or so devoted strictly to missionaries, they come in and tell us about where they feel the Lord has placed on their heart to go and preach the glorious good news of Jesus Christ! As we pray one for another and the pastor is burdened then we will take them on to support them as missionaries to those areas of ministry in which the Lord has called them. This year we will be having some families come in that are heading to Puerto Rico, Tanzania, and other places. For me personally I love to hear about what the Lord has placed on their heart to go and reach these countries and preach and teach the gospel in them. Imagine giving up your life that you now live, and surrendering to the Lord Jesus for His use to go into a foreign country into a language, and a culture that you have never been raised in to tell them about Jesus! You may ask preacher why people would do this, well because of two things I think. First is the fact that they love the Lord Jesus Christ with all their heart, mind, and soul and are willing to forsake all including themselves to honor and glorify Him. Secondly I think because they love those people so much that if they weren't there, they wouldn't feel right walking and breathing where they are now. Friends this is the burden that we must get, to not look to ourselves and the things that are around us, but to look at others and see their need for a Savior, then allow the Lord to work in your lives that He may not remove that burden for others souls until it moves you into action. Friends only when we get a true burden to see people saved then can we see that our lives with all its trivial things in America are but a drop in the bucket in eternity. When we can truly come to our knees and go boldly to the throne of grace and tell the Lord "here am I" will we see what it is that the Lord will do in our lives. Friend have you given your all to Jesus? Are you prepared to leave a lifestyle that you've been living to gain a closer walk with the Lord, are you prepared to leave a town that you've grown up in perhaps right here in America and go into another to tell them about Jesus, are you prepared to possibly surrender yourself and head into a whole other country? Friend the Bible says in the book of Acts that we are to go into Jerusalem (our own city first), then into Judea (our own country), then into Samaria (our neighboring countries), then to the uttermost! Friend let me encourage you today to seek the will of God for your life, and see where He might have you to serve.