When the Arrow Flies

How could he presume to be a missionary? So he reasoned. What qualification did he have? None that he knew of. What could he do? Play a trombone? Work? What was a missionary supposed to do, anyway? What was he supposed to do? Was he puzzled? Yes, he was. Was he called? What was a call? Seeking the help of the missionary, he said, “I’d like to be a missionary. But I am not worthy, and I have no qualifications.” “If God has put in your heart the will to be, then ‘It is God that worketh in you - Both to will And to do of His good pleasure’ (Philippians 2:13), go forward.” The need for missionaries may be published, but the real key of missions is what the little mother used: prayer. It is the key the Lord of the harvest gave: “Pray ye the LORD of the harvest that He send forth laborers into the harvest.” (Matthew 9:38) To both Harry and Harold the “Call” had come, not as an order to a specific place, but to follow the Savior where He should lead.

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