Standing Alone

Colorado Eastern Plains Winter, originally uploaded by Cielo Azul Images.

Sometimes, when you are serving God in the way that you believe He has called you it may leave you feeling isolated and alone at times. Of course, He never leaves us, nor forsakes us and He is worthy to be trusted with every atom of our being.

Trying to explain to people sometimes why we are missionaries, and why we would want to willingly leave the "comfort" of the USA often falls on deaf ears. Usually, when someone asks that question, they don't really care to hear the answer. However, every once in a while, someone asks that question of us, because they feel God moving in their life in a similar way to what He has called us to. I was recently reminded of something I read in My Utmost for His Highest that sums it up better than I can.

“We are not told to ‘walk in the light’ of our conscience or in the light of a sense of duty, but to ‘walk in the light as He is in the light. . .’ (1 John 1:7) When we do something out of a sense of duty, it is easy to explain the reasons for our actions to others. But when we do something out of obedience to the Lord, there can be no other explanation—just obedience.” Oswald Chambers