Why Do I Do This?

Why do I spend holidays away from family and friends?
Why do I give up spending time with the ones I love?
I have a job but I pay to do it and literally rely on the support of others to live on. 
I am called to Go. I am called to share the love of God and His desire to be reconciled to His kids. 
He is worthy. He is worth every single penny, minute away from family and friends, tear, laughter, long bus ride. He is worth sleeping on mats on the floor in third world countries. He is worth every single good moment, bad moment, tough moment. He is worth it all. 

Why do I do what I do? Because I have a stirring in my heart to see ALL people to know the love of the Father. I want ALL people to know how Jesus paid the price. I want ALL people to know how the Holy Spirit is with us always and is our comforter, helper, friend and will never leave us. 

I was challenged by one of our speakers who spoke on revival. He talked about who we are created to be, what we are supposed to do and the context. 

• Matthew 19:28-30- Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brother or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last and many who are last will be first.
• This is who we are called to be

• Matthew 24:14- And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
• This is what we are called to do

• Isaiah 60:1-3- Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.  See darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
• This is the context, even though the world is getting darker, our lights will shine even brighter.

Why do I do what I do? Because I am called to go. My heart is not satisfied just sitting still. I love serving people. I love sharing the love of God with people. I love seeing people grow in their love and knowledge of who God truly is. He is a good Father, who loves us so much and sent Jesus to pay the price so we could be in relationship with Him. He also sent the Holy Spirit, to be with us. God with us, God in us. We aren't alone in this world. He has given us all authority. He has called us to share. He wants us to share Jesus with whoever we meet! 

John Piper says "So, you have three possibilities in world missions. You can be a goer, a sender, or disobedient. The Bible does not assume that everyone goes. But it does assume that the ones who do not go care about the goers and support goers and pray for goers and hold the rope of the goers" 

• Being a goer doesn't meant that you have to do what I am doing and go out into the nations, it could so don't rule it out, but I think it just means that you step out in faith. You step out to make a difference. You stand up and speak and preach about Jesus. You don't care about what people thing of you or what people will do to you because God will take care of you and who are you trying to please, God or man?

So why do I do what I do? Because He is worth everything, He is worth my life, He is worth my all. He is worth everything and I will say that until the day I die, then I'll see Him face to face and continue to say it. You are worth it. You were worth it. You are worthy of it all.