MAX ON LIFE

114. My wife and I serve on a foreign mission field. W moved our family here in response to God's guidance. But now we are facing problems with our kids and we are wondering whether we made a mistake in coming here.

I wonder how Noah felt, cramming his family onto a luxury animal cruise (Gen 6:13-7:5).

Did Abraham ever regret moving from Ur to Canaan (Gen 12:1-4)?

Or did Joseph question his forced relocation into slavery (Gen 37:12-28)?

I wonder if Moses ever thought that moving his family and his people to the promised land was a mistake (Genesis - Deuteronomy).

I'm sure at times all of them suffered a twinge of doubt, but overall, in the end, it made sense. Why? Because God called all of them to these places.

Hebrews 11 summarizes the stories of people who were asked to do things by God, but none of the tasks made sense at the time. They acted in faith. The kind of faith that does but never sees.

If God called you to a foreign mission field, he already knows all the parameters, all the possibilities, all the problems that could occur. He's considered what will happen to you and your spouse, how it will affect your kids, and what it will mean to the people you serve.

He took care of Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, and their families as they moved out into foreign mission fields.

Why not you?

By: Max Lucado