My Jesus Story

By Jenni Ingram
Member, First Baptist Church, Gantt

Here I am on the church bus traveling up I-65 North headed to Oscoda, Michigan, with members of my church family.

We are about three hours into the trip and the bus is mostly quiet. As I stare out my window the doubts began to creep in. Doubts such as, “Wow, I am so ill-equipped to do this.” My actual thought was, “This must be how Moses felt.” In Exodus 3:11, Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Who am I to think I could take this broken body and serve the Lord? I understand I won’t be able to walk around and witness to folks, but I’m going to be working with the kids and in the office of the church. I don’t know what all I will be doing but I know Jesus will be with me every step of the way. I cling to Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things in Christ which strengthens me.”

I also cling to something I was taught a long time ago — God does not call the equipped; He equips the called. Just imagine what we could do if we cling to those two statements. What lives could we change? What pains could be healed? What fears and worries could be overcome?

So missions field, here we come. For better or for worse, God called us 10 to go and we are charging forward. May God guide our steps and bless those we come in contact with. God is “large and in charge” in every way. We just have to cling to Him.