1. Did you have an intense all consuming desire for the work of God?
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. I Timothy 3:1.
It is not natural to want to be a missionary. The thought may cross many people’s minds but the truth is that it is only a fleeting thought quickly and easily dismissed by most. It is God who has worked in us both to will (or to put a desire in us that is not natural to us) and do his good pleasure. God placed something in our heart that we could not get away from.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13
Many of us were afraid. Many of us doubted but He did something in us. Don’t you dare doubt that when the trouble comes. Don’t you doubt in the night what God gave you in the light. This desire was so great we couldn’t get it out of our hearts and minds.
