The glory of man

This morning, I spent some time at Quo Vadis Bookstore with campus ministry leaders, and we shared what was going on in our lives/ministries and prayed for about 30 minutes--very encouraging. Then I decided to do something that's been all too rare in my 14 months on this job. I walked the campus of ASU, went inside buildings, and sat down outside--to pray and to listen to the Holy One. And I got a little scared, too...

You see, my work is fairly simple, and then again it isn't--I tell people about Firestone's work among Muslims and follow up with people in AZ and NM who are interested in working with us. But who do I talk to? Do I just go to churches, where I'm pretty sure the people I'm talking with are already Christians? Or do I set up little booths on campuses around the two states, hoping to attract notice from anyone and everyone? Do I go to high schools and youth groups or stick with college-age people and older? Is there anything I can be doing now to help compel people who will someday answer God's calling to reach Muslims? Is there anything I'm now doing that could be hindering this movement? If Jesus had my job (and He does, in a way, if I'm really His bondservant), what would He do to find workers? Would He simply know them when He saw them and say, "Follow Me, and I will make you a fisher of men"? Or would he host a conference, the way we're getting ready to do again soon? Would He take lots of people out to lunch and ask them questions, like I do? Or would He make constant trips to the field and take people with Him? Would He show up at other campus/ministry events, like Christian concerts, etc.? Or would He just hang out with Muslims all the time and call on others to follow His example?

So anyway, I began to get scared thinking about the big job I've been entrusted with and how am I going to possibly accomplish all He wants me to do as far as sowing new seed and have a home life, a personal life, an office life, a church life, and follow up with all the people who are already interested in heading overseas? By the grace of God and your prayers--that's how.

Though I haven't received one comment since I started writing on this blog, that doesn't stop me from asking for your feedback, as I seek to answer some of these big questions.