The Problem is Not Money

The problem in missions is not money, unless, of course, you don't have any. You do need money, but all the money in the world won't solve the problem of not having any people to do the work. Bible colleges are full of young men and women that graduate by the hundreds every year and then you never see them again either working in Christian work or on the mission field. They surrender to "go" and then somewhere along the way they don't. How does this happen? Why do they end up in secular work or in many cases out of church altogether? In our ministry we have found 2 of the main reasons. Number one is Parents. Parents want their kids to get good high dollar jobs and have successful lives. They don't want them to struggle financially, physically, and heaven forbid, they don't want for them to be too far away from them, the parents. Parents say they want their children to serve God, but there is almost always strings attached. They want them to serve God as long as they do it close to home. They can serve God in their own home church, in their own home town, right here at home. BUT if they want to go to a land far from home, to a place that is hard, dangerous etc., immediately out come the excuses. "Bob has 6 kids that he needs to provide for, Joe has health problems that can't be handled anywhere but here in Chicago, Jane is a girl and what could she possibly do?" These excuses make me mad. The angry definition of the mad missionary.

The second problem is Pastors. The few who are serving God faithfully in their own home churches and doing a great job are often hindered by the very pastor who gets up and preaches a wonderful message about the call of God to the Mission field. Then when the youth leader surrenders to go to Timbuktu, the very same pastor has a meltdown. "You don't have enough training and the church needs you here. What will we do without you? Missions starts right here, in this church." El Gag-O.

There would be many more missionaries to do the work on the fields of the world if Parents and Pastors would kindly "GET OUT OF GOD'S WAY!!!"