What Is A Missionary?

The following words were penned by Keith Green just days before his departure from this earth in 1982. Keith was a christian singer and missionary who had a special heart for the suffering and disadvantaged.

"A Christian missionary is a person whose passion is to make the Lord Jesus known to the whole world. They are completely under the command of King Jesus, and they will go anywhere, under any circumstances, for no pay, with poor living conditions and food, even though no one ever notices. They know that their Sovereign is watching every minute, and that is the only reward and joy they seek. . .

. . . The goal of a true missionary is to please and glorify their God by delivering the whole world into His hands and under His rule. It doesn't matter where they are stationed, for they are always at home in their Father's arms, no matter what the landscape or the language may be. They are only “aliens and strangers” (I Peter2:11), and they are not concerned with trivial things like location or comfort. They are God's soldiers, perhaps hidden to our eyes, but always evident to His. Please, seek Him to see if you might be privileged to take the Gospel to those who have never heard it."

(read full article Why You Should Go to the Mission Field by K. Green at http://www.lastdaysministries.org/nations/whyyoushouldgo.html).