1 Why :: 2019 FMF 31 Days Writing Challenge :: Going With God

I'll go where You want me to go dear Lord
Over mountain or plain or sea
I'll say what You want me to say dear Lord
I'll be what You want me to be
Carrie E. Rounsefell | Charles Edward Prior | Mary Brown             Public Domain
 
Nothing gave me a greater sense of anticipation than the annual Mission Festival Week at my home church when I was in grade school. Every night for seven days the church would be packed to hear the latest news from our missionaries on furlough.

The church basement wondrously transformed into a world-wide neighborhood of booths set to inform and educate us about each country where our missionaries were stationed. Each one had a souvenir you could take home to help you remember to pray for the people of that nation and the people who were there sharing the life-giving Gospel.

Like a moth to a flame I visited each and every missionary display with wonder and delight. Missionaries were those special Christians who sacrificed so much to go to the ends of the earth and preach the Gospel to the lost. Their testimonies we thrilling and challenging. The fellowship was sweet. And the music we sang still rings in my heart to this day.

This chorus from the hymn, “I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go” was a favorite, sung year after year. The words are a pledge to be willing to respond to God any time and anywhere. Most times I sang that song just because I liked the way it sounded. Sometimes I sang it with high hopes that I would be faithful to God’s call.

One day I would find out why God is looking for those who are simply willing to trust Him and go.

How about you? Do you have fond memories of special church events? What are some ways the Lord has called to you?
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Is 6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

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