The other day one my students asked me if I felt like I was "called" to Rwanda or to Cambodia or to Mexico. Though I genuinely enjoy traveling, cultures and international medicine, I had to admit the answer was 'no'; or at least not specifically. I went to all of those places simply because of open doors.
While I will not deny that God sometimes calls us to specific geographical locations, I believe that more often God is calling us to deeper and deeper places in our faith and in our walk with Him. When our hearts are in the places He calls them, our geographic location matters very little; we cannot help but be a part of His plan.
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." Isaiah 26:3
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I 100% agree.
People ask me that question all the time. It's like it is scripted. I say something like "I have always known I am supposed to be a missionary" and the very next thing that comes out of their mouth is "where are you called?" I don't know. God just told me to be a missionary. Since then I've been going wherever there are open doors but so far he hasn't told me of a specific location to do permanent ministry. Since both my husband and I speak Spanish I guess it will probably be in a Spanish speaking country, but I can't even assume that. Maybe we're supposed to go to Papua New Guinea or Madagascar and learn a new language or something. In the meantime, however, I've been to lots of different places with lots of different people and all with the result of me getting to know God better.
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