Why Go Abroad?

I have had a few people question why I would go overseas.  It is a common question for one involved in foreign missions. Oftentimes I don’t give an answer for fear of sounding harsh and judgmental. Here is the answer Jim Elliot gave for that question.  I found it very encouraging, and at this time, I share these thoughts also.  

In a letter to his parents (August 8, 1950).

“Surely those who know the great passionate heart of

Jehovah must deny their own loves to share in the

statement of His. Consider the call from the Throne above,

Go ye, and from round about, Come over and help us, and

even the call from the damned souls below, Send Lazarus

to my brothers, that they come not to this place. Impelled,

then, by these voices, I dare not stay home while Quichuas

[Ecuador’s jungle natives] perish. So what if the well-fed

church in the homeland needs stirring? They have the

Scriptures, Moses, and the Prophets, and a whole lot more. 

Their condemnation is written on their bank books and in

the dust on their Bible covers. American believers have sold

their lives to the service of Mammon, and God has His rightful way

of dealing with those who succumb to the spirit of Laodicea.”

Emphasis added

 

Through Christ,

Brooke