What do you think?
Rate this book
The Next Step: Finding Your Where In The Call To Go
Charles Spurgeon once said, "Millions have never heard of Jesus. We ought not to ask, Can I prove that I ought to go? but, Can I prove that I ought not to go?"
Receiving the call to gospel ministry is a great honor. No one would deny that fulfilling the Great Commission is the priority of this calling. However, we often neglect the implications of the Great Commission when deciding where to serve the Lord. Most Christians assume the call to go abroad is a special calling reserved for a select few. Is the call to gospel ministry an automatic call to serve in your home country; or, as Spurgeon said, are we to "prove that I ought not to go?"
Pointing the reader to Scripture, the example of the Apostle Paul, and to his own personal testimony, Missionary Joshua Mead challenges the reader to consider making the fulfillment of the Great Commission the starting point for deciding where to serve God. Only when the next step in your calling is a step in the direction of reaching the uttermost, will we fulfill the Great Commission.
Receiving the call to gospel ministry is a great honor. No one would deny that fulfilling the Great Commission is the priority of this calling. However, we often neglect the implications of the Great Commission when deciding where to serve the Lord. Most Christians assume the call to go abroad is a special calling reserved for a select few. Is the call to gospel ministry an automatic call to serve in your home country; or, as Spurgeon said, are we to "prove that I ought not to go?"
Pointing the reader to Scripture, the example of the Apostle Paul, and to his own personal testimony, Missionary Joshua Mead challenges the reader to consider making the fulfillment of the Great Commission the starting point for deciding where to serve God. Only when the next step in your calling is a step in the direction of reaching the uttermost, will we fulfill the Great Commission.
83 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 27, 2018
2 people are currently reading
2 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
August 15, 2024
I appreciate the motivation for this book, but I am not sure it come across right. The original message at the start of the book claims that we should not have any preconceived ideas of what God may have for us. Excellent motivation for the book! However, the author then seems to portray the idea that missions SHOULD be your first thing to consider for your calling, thus flipping the problem. Rather than assuming we are called to the U.S., we assume we are called somewhere else, which is still an assumption, and therefore still a problem. It would be an amazing book if it stuck to its original theme.
November 16, 2023
must read
if you are even thinking about ministry of any kind, this is a must read whether that Ministry is cleaning toilets or bringing the gospel to the middle of Africa and everything in between this is a must read book. Thank you JOSHUA for writing it.
if you are even thinking about ministry of any kind, this is a must read whether that Ministry is cleaning toilets or bringing the gospel to the middle of Africa and everything in between this is a must read book. Thank you JOSHUA for writing it.
May 7, 2020
Well thought through. Includes inspiration, Biblical philosophy, and practical application
Well thought through. Includes inspiration, Biblical philosophy, and practical application. Josh Mead, Thank you for investing in this project! I pray it will serve its intended purpose.
Well thought through. Includes inspiration, Biblical philosophy, and practical application. Josh Mead, Thank you for investing in this project! I pray it will serve its intended purpose.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews