Consider the words of the martyred missionary Jim Elliot...
"Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”
With this in mind, let's reflect on the following thoughts from Francis A. Schaeffer ...
"But if a Christian is consecrated, does this mean he will be in a big place instead of a little place? The answer, the next step, is very important: as there are no little people in God’s sight, so there are no little places. To be wholly committed to God in the place where God wants him—this is the creature glorified. In my writing and lecturing I put much emphasis on God’s being the infinite reference point which integrates the intellectual problems of life. He is to be this, but He must be the reference point not only in our thinking, but in our living. This means being what He wants me to be, where He wants me to be...
... Each Christian is to be a rod of God in the place of God for him. We must remember throughout our lives that in God’s sight there are no little people and no little places. Only one thing is important: to be consecrated persons in God’s place for us, at each moment. Those who think of themselves as little people in little places, if committed to Christ and living under His Lordship in the whole of life, may, by God’s grace, change the flow of our generation. And as we get on a bit in our lives, knowing how weak we are, if we look back and see we have been somewhat used of God, then we should be the rod “surprised by joy.” ~ Francis A. Schaeffer, "No Little People"
So, wherever God has placed you my pastor friend, be encouraged ... and may all your ministry efforts "change the flow of our generation". So, "wherever you are... be all there!" ... making a difference for the glory of God!
Because we are Salt and Light,
~ PJVS
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