God Uses Everything

“How beau­ti­ful on the moun­tains are the feet of those who bring good news” (Isaiah 52:7).

I just returned from a week with a WIM mis­sion­ary fam­ily in Oaxaca, Mexico. They work with an indige­nous group called the Mixe (pro­nounced MEE-hay). This par­tic­u­lar group is divided into three areas: low­lands, mid­lands and high­lands. The low­lands have only had access to the gospel (good news of Jesus) for about 30 years, and there are some churches estab­lished. There is also progress today in reach­ing the mid­land group. Unfortunately, the high­land group remains very closed to the gospel.

This fam­ily went to the Mixe to do lan­guage trans­la­tion work, but it appears that God has even more for them to do. “What?” you may ask. Blacksmithing! Our mis­sion­ary taught him­self how to do black­smith work so he can teach the peo­ple a use­ful trade. Through his demon­stra­tions he is able to share the good news in a visual way. Many peo­ple are respond­ing to him and he believes his planned short-term stay may turn into some­thing long-term.

God amazes me when He can use gift­ings and tal­ents from ordi­nary peo­ple who point to Him. The mes­sage (good news) never changes but our meth­ods of pre­sen­ta­tion are lim­it­less. Many mis­sion­ar­ies around the world use cre­ativ­ity to present the gospel to their tar­get peo­ple. Are you allow­ing God to use you cre­atively to present the good news?