"Because we are in Christ, we have all we need to be missionaries. We are always looking for more boldness or wisdom, but the truth is that we are already ready. God has already fully prepared us for ministry."
All I have to say to that is "Wow." I went to Snelling after Freshley tonight, and this was what one of the Freshley small group leaders said to me. We had been talking about mission trips and preparing for them, and he gave me these wise words of advice. Ministry is not a job for an elite group of people who have been "properly trained" to share the Holy Spirit with other people. The Spirit has been poured out on all of God's children, and all of us are servant's of the Lord, called to do His work. "God will never call us to do something He has not equipped us to do." He has equipped all believers to share the gospel, so we are to do what He has given us the power to do. Ministry isn't something we learn to do; it's something the Spirit does for us, through us. So we have no reason to wait to start.
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