After Adam's bite of the fruit from the tree of good and evil, sin entered the world, and darkness came with it. And since then, nothing remained right. People stole, people murdered, people raped, people discriminated. People lost their sense of morality, blinded by foolishness and the lack of wisdom. Nothing could bring man out of the pit that man himself dragged himself into, except Jesus Christ Himself.
The date was July 30, 2062 in China, 3 years after the death of the legendary missionary Spartacus Chen. I was in the house of this legendary missionary, looking through all the stuff of his that was in his house. Then something fell off the table. His diary! I couldn't believe it! I found the diary of Spartacus Chen! All the notes of his trips around the world.
You might ask, how have I gotten to Spartacus' house? Well, thanks to his wife, Ellen Zhou, I was granted permission to do so. Well anyways, I immediately opened the journal and began to read.
April 28, 2042
It was a lot of work in being a pastor. I was extremely tired when my good friend Kevin Hong opened the door to my office. I was eating lunch, eating some ramen.
"Hey Spartacus, what are you doing?" He asked. He was always very curious about everything.
I looked up at him.
"I'm eating, isn't that obvious?"
"Well, if it doesn't disturb you're lunch I would like you to read this." Kevin handed me a news article. It wrote:
Any Christian moved by God can go on a missionary trip with advocation from the Missions board.
We support any fearing God men who want to preach to suburban areas on earth or anywhere which have not received the word of God. Sign up and we'll fund you're missions trip!
I knew Kevin was a devout Christian like me. I inquired.
"So why are you showing me this?"
"Don't you want to be a missionary?"
I was flabbergasted at Kevin's words.
"When did I say I want to be a missionary?" I chuckled. "God hasn't moved me to preach to other areas! I'm not prepared at all!"
"You've said that more places on earth needs to receive the word of God! Why not you? Its going to be easy. The missions board will fund you're trip and everything goes well!"
I thought for a moment. Kevin was right. I shouldn't just give others the burden. But I still was unsure if God was calling me to be a missionary.
"But I need assurance that God actually wants me to become a missionary."
Kevin chuckled a bit. "I have solid evidence."
I raised a brow.
"Actually?"
"Didn't you see what happened to Arlyn MacQuoid?"
Arlyn MacQuoid was the world's leading missionary at the time, spreading the word of God from Brazil to South Africa.
"What about him?" I inquired.
"2 days ago, Arlyn McQuoid's body was found in the Nile river with a spear in his hip."
No wonder the missions board is asking for missionaries!
"Still, I need the calling."
"Oh Spartacus," Kevin moaned. "You're such a doubter."
"This is not being a doubter or not, Kevin," I tried to convince. "This is just assurance. Assurance."
"Sure Spartacus, you need assurance, I believe that God is actually calling you, my friend, to be a missionary." He left the room.
I thought for a moment afterwards. Is Kevin the sign? I did not know. I prayed to God tonight about the issue. Hopefully I get an answer as soon as possible.
