Paul Gossman

As followers of Jesus Christ, we have a story to tell. It is a story that the world desperately needs to hear. It is a story of salvation.

In the World Mission Prayer League we prefer to end our year celebrating the birth of our
Savior Jesus! However, as we begin a new year, a review of 2022 seems to me entirely
worthwhile.

What if you decided to have a “Mary” Christmas, spending time “at the feet of Jesus” to take in what he wants to give, to hear what he wants to say? What if you put aside your “to-do” list for a while and considered the “I’ve-done-it-for-you” list of Jesus?

God sometimes surprisingly repurposes sinners like you and me to be his servants, working in perhaps unexpected ways to spread his light into a dark world. You’ve been repurposed!

Our prayers matter, and so our “prayer league” matters. It’s a big thing! Don’t let it be little. Don’t let it be something less than God might want it to be.

Are we first and foremost a sending agency that prays, or a praying fellowship that sends? From which of these do we establish our heading? Which one is our “north?”

Believe it or not, on many a mountain, going up isn’t the hardest part. Often times, coming down requires far more determination and effort. And coming down, my friends, is what Jesus is calling us to do.

Things simply don’t always go as we might plan or wish. Is Jesus somehow messing with us?

Life with Jesus is much more than a heartwarming experience. God knows that he must do a fiery work within us, setting aflame within us his purifying truth, enlightening us to our Savior, and branding us forever as his children, with lives redeemed and hopes restored.

In the Bible, it seems God often sends people up to higher terrain in order to give them a different perspective on things, and not just on the scenery.