“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me” (John 14:1). Is it honestly that easy? Will believing in Jesus give us the ability to not let our own heart be troubled?
I love talking to passionate people — I especially like those who are passionate about building the Kingdom of God, and have a heart for reaching those in other countries who are not surrounded by thousands of opportunities to hear the Gospel. I find, however, that people who truly follow through with their passions, and not just talk about them, face incredible adversity — yet they keep going.
I’ve learned that the world is full of big talkers — people who tell me about everything they are going to do for God. Yet when I check back in with them after a few months, or even a few years, nothing has been done. There are plenty of excuses, but no results. But people with passion are driven. They put their trust in God, and even in the middle of natural chaos, they have supernatural peace. Why? Because they are in the safest place in the world: the middle of God’s will.
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27). The world will always give us reasons to be afraid — trust me, every country that Global Infusion goes to has had it’s share of everything from natural disasters, to major civil unrest. Yet we go anyway. Not because we are unwise, but because God has not put any conditions on the Great Commission. He simply said, “go.” So we go.
I encourage you to read and meditate on the entire chapter of John 14. God is calling some of you to participate in world missions. His Kingdom will not grow on it’s own. We must go, and go now.
