The Key Action To Take When You Are On A Mission
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
St. Augustine
We want to be people to be people of action.
We want to be part of things being accomplished. When we go on a short-term missions trip or when we chose to serve in our community, this typically means we want to get our hands dirty. We want to build houses. We want to feed hungry children. We want to help widows. These actions are important, and I believe they are part of every Christ followers calling.
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:26-27
But what if we are missing out on the key action we must take to truly move from just having a mission mindset to actually going on a mission?
The action we can easily overlook involves getting our knees dirty instead of our hands. Yes. Prayer is the action we must take if we want to be the most effective missionaries.
“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew 9:38
- Prayer keeps us connected to God.
- Prayer humbles us.
- Prayer gives us appropriate perspective.
- Prayer reminds us who is in charge.
- Prayer works.
- Prayer is effective.
- Prayer is an action.
Let’s not forget about prayer!