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WHATEVER IT TAKES

Sometimes we just want to quit.

June 27, 2008

A recent letter to subscribers written by my "boss" and Executive Editor of NTM@Work magazine, Macon Hare, describes the commitment of Kristia and I to tribal missions so well. Here's what Macon had to say:

This issue feature story demonstrates NTM's goal fully fleshed out with names and faces. The goal is a thriving body of believers with access to God's Word in their language, growing in understanding and praising Him in spirit and in truth. This is why you and I pray, give, serve and send.

This kinds of work is not easy. Over the years, my wife, Katy, and I often faced difficulties, sometimes several at once. At times quitting seemed like an option, but we didn't quit. If it's merely strength of will or impressive spirituality that holds us together, I'd write a book and call it Seven Habits of a Highly Committed Missionary.

But our "secret" is simply this: We keep a greater problem in view. None of our struggles seem big enough when honestly measured against the problem of thousands of tribal groups still without the Gospel.

The reality of unreached people has a way of diminishing the urgency of everything else. And with that shifting of perspectives, even though our problems remain, God gives Katy and I the grace to remind each other, whatever it takes. Whatever it takes.

Does the news of one more tribe reached like the Inapang of Papua New Guinea mean I can relax a little because something's being done to remedy the problem? No, stories like these have the opposite effect on me. They urge me on, to do whatever it takes to see the next tribe reached, and the next.

And it takes all of us. So I urge you, whatever you are doing right now to see tribal people praising God, don't quit. Please, keep praying. Keep giving. Keep serving. Keep sending.

Because of HIM,
Macon Hare

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