{"id":306183,"date":"2020-06-13T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/life-on-mission\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T11:00:04","slug":"life-on-mission","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-this-week\/life-on-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Life on Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can you know God&#8217;s will when you are facing a radical life change? Voddie Baucham says re-evaluate your objectives in life, and God will show you from there. He outlines how to follow God&#8217;s leading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you know God&#8217;s will when you are facing a radical life change? Voddie Baucham says re-evaluate your objectives in life, and God will show you from there. 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But then came marriage and then came kids before she could get there. According to Voddie Baucham, that\u2019s not necessarily accurate.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> You don\u2019t necessarily have to be a part of an <em>official<\/em> function of some kind to understand that, when you got married, you were on mission. When God gives us children, we now know for a fact that we\u2019re on mission. We know <em>what<\/em> our mission is; we know <em>where<\/em> our mission is: we are to take these people who come into our home\u2014they\u2019re unconverted little sinners\u2014[Laughter]\u2014they are; they need Jesus <em>bad<\/em>!\u2014[Laughter]\u2014and so we\u2019re on mission. When you got married, you were on mission.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Voddie Baucham\u2019s going to talk today about living life on mission on this edition of <em>FamilyLife This Week<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWelcome to <em>FamilyLife This Week<\/em>. I\u2019m Michelle Hill. Have you ever thought about your life\u2019s mission? Maybe you crafted a mission statement for your life: it included your purpose\/the reason that you live and breathe. A mom\u2019s mission statement might include, you know, just making sure that the kids actually live to see their 18<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. Or maybe, because of COVID, you lost your job, and you\u2019re in the middle of finding a new one; or maybe, because of all of this, you\u2019re working from home right now, and this just really has you thinking, \u201cWell, what <em>is<\/em> my mission in life?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I have these similar questions; and so I actually turned to someone I know. He\u2019s thought a lot about this: mission in life. His name is Voddie Baucham; he\u2019s a popular author, speaker, and seminary president, so he probably does know what he\u2019s talking about when he talks about life on mission. A few years ago, he spoke at a FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> event; and he explored this issue of life on mission.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s Voddie.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previous Message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> I have an assignment this morning. My assignment is to talk about the mission of marriage. My assignment is <em>also<\/em> to share with you Bridget\u2019s and my journey\/our most recent journey. That\u2019s a bit of a challenge to me, since I learned a long time ago that my greatest gift to you, as I stand up here anytime, is to share a story that\u2019s not my own; but this morning I have to tell you our story. Thanks, Bob Lepine. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat we\u2019re going to do is focus on this passage of Scripture; and then I\u2019m going to give you sort of an extended application from our story, which fits into this. Open your Bibles to 1 Corinthians 7. In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul is addressing the issue of marriage, and divorce, and singleness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn this section, in particular, he\u2019s talking about singleness. He\u2019s kind of extolling the virtues of singleness for those individuals who have that calling and that supernatural gift. It <em>is<\/em> a calling from God and a <em>supernatural<\/em> gift to be single. I did not have that calling. I met Bridget January 21, 1989; and we got married June 30, 1989. We\u2019ve been married ever since, so I know very little about this gift of singleness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the other side of it is addressed here in this text, beginning in verse 32, where Paul says, \u201cI want you to be free from anxieties.\u201d Notice some of the words that he uses here. It almost sounds like he\u2019s being very negative about marriage. You have to remind yourself, when you read this passage, that Paul\u2019s the one\u2014he\u2019s the same guy who penned Ephesians 5:22 and following. You know, the most writing\u2014and the most deep and rich theological writing\u2014in the New Testament about marriage is what we have from Paul himself. You have to remind yourself of that as you read this passage\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[1 Corinthians 7:32-35]. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we have \u201canxiety\u201d; we have \u201cworldly\u201d; that word is not used in the sense that we normally use it\/you know, \u201cworldly\u201d in the sense of evil things\u2014that\u2019s not what he\u2019s talking about here\u2014earthly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201chow to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things,\u201d\u2014not that she\u2019s not concerned about being holy in body and spirit\u2014\u201chow to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo there\u2019s this idea of devotion being <em>divided<\/em> when we are married. That\u2019s an important concept to have\u2014that our devotions are divided\u2014and not in the sense that we become ungodly. The idea there is that we don\u2019t have\u2014it\u2019s not like when we were single\u2014when we were single, and we just sensed the need to move in this or that direction, you just moved in this or that direction. When we\u2019re married, we can no longer move like that; we can no longer operate like that. We have other things to think of. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s like moving the Army versus moving Special Forces. Special Forces can go\u2014get in, get out\u2014do whatever they have to do. Man, to move an army? It takes you months! There\u2019s a lot of stuff you have to get, you know; and when you go, you stay awhile! So when you\u2019re married, it\u2019s like that. It\u2019s different; you don\u2019t have that same flexibility. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut it\u2019s not that you\u2019re no longer involved in kingdom work. We know this because, for example, the Dominion Mandate. In Genesis, Chapter 1, beginning in verse 28, we read: \u201cAnd God blessed them, and God said to them, \u2018Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the heavens, and over the living things that move on the earth.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo there\u2019s an idea here, in the Dominion Mandate, that this married couple that has been called together by God has a kingdom purpose. They are <em>on mission<\/em> from the beginning. Everything that they\u2019re doing, as this couple, is designed and geared toward that mission. Even the idea of being a married couple is an idea that proclaims something true about God, who has redeemed a people for Himself; so we\u2019re not divorced from the kingdom. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe idea of the Parental Mandate\u2014that we\u2019re to bring up our children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord\u2014so that, when God gives us children, we now know for a fact that we\u2019re on mission. We know <em>what<\/em> our mission is; we know <em>where<\/em> our mission is: we\u2019re to take these people, who come into our home\u2014they are unconverted little sinners\u2014[Laughter]\u2014amen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Audience:<\/strong> Amen! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> \u2014if you have a problem with me saying that, you don\u2019t have kids yet! [Laughter] Okay? They\u2019re unconverted little sinners\u2014they are\u2014they need Jesus <em>bad!<\/em> [Laughter] It didn\u2019t take you long to figure that out, okay? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we\u2019re on mission, and we need to be reminded of that. You don\u2019t necessarily have to be a part of an <em>official<\/em> church function of some kind to understand that, when you got married, you were on mission. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMarriage is also the first qualification for those who serve in ministry\u20141 Timothy, Chapter 3, verses 1 and 2\u2014\u201cThe saying is trustworthy; if anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife\u2026\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat term, \u201cabove reproach,\u201d is the umbrella term for all of the qualifications that come. After that, you get specific qualifications. The first of the specific qualifications is: \u201c\u2026husband of one wife\u2026\u201d It has to do with your marriage. Titus 1:5 and 6: \u201cThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remains in order and appoint elders in every town as I directed you. If anyone is above reproach\u201d\u2014and here we come\u2014\u201chusband of one wife\u2026\u201d It starts right there; it starts with your marriage. Your marriage is your first ministry. If I am not succeeding as Bridget\u2019s husband, I don\u2019t <em>deserve<\/em> to be anybody else\u2019s pastor; okay? Amen! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlso, we\u2019re called to be <em>examples<\/em> to the flock. Those in ministry are called to be examples to the flock: \u201cSo I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder\u201d\u2014we see this in 1 Peter 5:1-4\u2014\u201cand a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed, shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201c\u2026examples to the flock\u201d\u2014this means that elders must be exemplary Christians\/exemplary Christians. Perfect Christians?\u2014no. Perfect Christians are not exemplary. We\u2019re to be exemplary husbands and fathers. \u201cOh really, so you have to have a perfect marriage?\u201d\u2014no, exemplary. We saw a picture last night of this very concept. We didn\u2019t have some people come up before us and say, \u201cYes, we\u2019re in pastoral ministry because we\u2019re perfect, and we\u2019ve always been perfect.\u201d No! But part of being exemplary is how you overcome the sin and the obstacles that are put before you; amen? That\u2019s part of your example. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tExemplary parents: \u201cOh, your kids have to be perfect?\u201d\u2014no! I already told you\u2014they\u2019re little sinners! [Laughter] Amen! None of us have perfect children\u2014none of us do\u2014none of us, none of us, none of us. There\u2019s only been one couple who ever had a perfect child; you\u2019re not marrying Joseph. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHowever, we\u2019re to be exemplary parents. Sometimes, you see people being exemplary parents <em>when<\/em> their children are being a particular challenge! So, exemplary; this means that we\u2019re not the only ones\u2014my wife and I\u2014balancing marriage and mission. Because, if there\u2019s to be an example from those in leadership and in pastoral ministry, then that example is for the purpose of encouraging and equipping those who are watching, and learning, and following; because you\u2019re balancing whatever your mission is with your marriage and family as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAll of us are on mission, every last one of us. This is why we never say\u2014and I talked to my family about this\u2014you know, Bridget and 1 are going\u2014and our seven youngest children\u2014our children are 24, 22, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 18 months; right? [Applause] I have a lot of them trophies, man! Alright. One of the things that we do is\u2014we\u2019re trying to communicate to these younger ones; you know, the seven of them that are ten and under, who are going with us\u2014we try to communicate to them what\u2019s going on and what\u2019s happening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> say to them and what we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> say to other people\u2014we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> say to them\u2014\u201cWe\u2019re going to be missionaries in Zambia.\u201d We don\u2019t say that to them, and we don\u2019t say that to other people; because that would sort of <em>imply<\/em> that we\u2019re not already on mission, and that other Christians aren\u2019t on mission. We are! We are. I\u2019ve been a church-planter for the past nine years. Why is it that I can plant a church in Houston, and I\u2019m just a church-planter; but you cross a border and plant a church, and now you\u2019re a <em>missionary<\/em>? We\u2019re all supposed to be on mission, right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Audience:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> So, we\u2019re going to serve. I\u2019m going to serve as Dean of the seminary at the African Christian University. That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do, because we want to communicate this idea of Christianity being about mission\/of Christianity being about <em>us<\/em> living our lives in such a way that we express our desire for Christ to have the fullness of the reward for which He died. That\u2019s <em>every<\/em> Christian\u2014that\u2019s <em>all<\/em> of us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That\u2019s <em>all<\/em> of us. Oh, this is just getting so good! Are you taking notes?\u2014because I am. This is important stuff\u2014to live our life on mission. We have more Voddie Baucham coming up right after the break. I\u2019ll be back in two minutes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Radio Station Spot Break]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Welcome back to <em>FamilyLife This Week<\/em>. I'm Michelle Hill. We are hearing from Voddie Baucham today, and he is sharing just about how to live life on mission. Voddie\u2019s been talking about that misunderstanding that there are some super-real Christians, who are living on mission, and then there are, well, the rest of us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, Voddie is going to give us an example from his own personal journey on how God is keeping him on mission. Here\u2019s Voddie.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previous Message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> When we talk about this divided attention, and these divided responsibilities, what I want to do is sort of now use our experience as a kind of extended illustration of how that works itself out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe introduction: \u201cHow did this all start?\u201d I\u2019ve desired, for a long time, to visit Africa. There\u2019s something that a lot of people don\u2019t understand about black people here in the United States, as it relates to our heritage and our history. I have to walk up to people all the time and say, \u201cHi, my name\u2019s Voddie Baucham,\u201d\u2014a nice, wholesome <em>German<\/em> name. [Laughter] It\u2019s been interesting, especially when I\u2019m <em>outside<\/em> of the United States, to have that conversation with people; you know? Because they ask me, and they\u2019re just confused: \u201cHow did you\u2026?\u201d \u201cWhat\u2026?\u201d \u201cYou\u2026?\u201d\u2014you know. And then I sort of let them off the hook. I go: \u201cYou see, we had this thing called slavery. There was a German family who <em>owned<\/em> my family. <em>After<\/em> slavery, we were left with the name of this German family, because we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> know where we came from.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s this very interesting thing for us about Africa and going back to that place. I\u2019ll never forget the first time I went to Zambia. Zambia was the first place that I went on the African continent. I\u2019m going to preach at a church there in Lusaka, Zambia. There\u2019s a pastor there\u2014he\u2019s also a pediatrician\u2014his name is Grave Singogo. Grave\u2019s father was also a member of the church at the time. Grave\u2019s father was this smooth old dude\u201485 years old\u2014still getting around, driving himself around, just as spry and energetic. He walked up to me with his <em>big old grin<\/em> on his face and greeted me. He grabbed me by my face, and he says, \u201cIs this your first time in Africa?\u201d I said, \u201cYes, sir, it is.\u201d And he just kissed me [smacking kiss sound]. He said, \u201cMy son, welcome home.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just started crying, right there in the parking lot. I hadn\u2019t even gotten in church yet. [Laughter] I stood up and, as I was preaching that week, I thought: \u201cIsn\u2019t this interesting? Several hundred years ago, my ancestors, for whatever reason\u2014probably <em>sold<\/em> by some of the ancestors of the folks here in this church\u2014went on a journey\/an arduous journey: came to the United States, lost all contact with who we were, went through some of the most difficult experiences that any people group has gone through; and yet, God, in His providence, preserved us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeyond preserving us, I was allowed to grow up in the wealthiest, most <em>powerful<\/em> nation in the history of the world with some of the richest theological history\/some of the <em>best<\/em> theological training available on planet earth. I was able to access that training; and then go back on a short plane ride, relatively speaking, to that same place, where my folks were taken from, and unload what God, in His providence, had allowed me to acquire <em>because<\/em> of the difficulties all those times ago. There\u2019s this unbelievable <em>connection<\/em> that I had there, just from a personal perspective. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then there\u2019s an unbelievable opportunity. The Reformed Baptists of Zambia have a long, robust history. They\u2019ve been planting churches there for, at least, the last 25 years. It\u2019s a completely indigenous work, so I\u2019m not going over there to <em>start<\/em> anything. These are Zambians, who\u2019ve been doing this work for a long time\u2014some uniquely-gifted men. There are people from all over the region, who have come to these men, over the last 25 years, basically saying, \u201cCan you help us do what you\u2019ve done here?\u201d These are the individuals who are starting African Christian University, and not only African Christian University, but also the seminary that will be attached to African Christian University. It\u2019s a unique opportunity because of the things that God has done and put in place in my life, for me to be a unique fit in this unique place for this unique work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhy is this work important? Here\u2019s why: we all hear about what\u2019s going on in West Africa and East Africa. We hear about Boko Haram; we hear about this Islamic migration south. Europe tried, early on, to evangelize the African continent; there is some residue of Christian influence. I\u2019m grateful for that residue of Christian influence; but throughout the continent, there is a strong Muslim influence\u2014an aggressive, <em>violent<\/em> Islamic influence. The continent of Africa needs to be evangelized, and it\u2019s not going to happen from the north. If it\u2019s going to happen, it\u2019s going to have to happen from the south. For the last 25 years, there\u2019s been an incubator, where a strong, <em>vibrant<\/em>, life-giving, church-planting, gospel-preaching, indigenous ministry has been rising up, and is being positioned right now to do just that\u2014to evangelize the continent, from the south upward\u2014that\u2019s what this is about. That\u2019s the big picture here. [Applause]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo for you, whomever you are, and wherever you are, and whatever constitutes that <em>mission<\/em> side of your life\u2014whether it is, right now, \u201cGod has called us to this mission of raising, training, evangelizing, and discipling these children,\u201d or \u201c\u2026this child that God has given us,\u201d\u2014whether it\u2019s that right there, or it\u2019s that you\u2019re in pastoral ministry, or you\u2019re in whatever kind of ministry\u2014whatever that is, there is this need to live with that tension. Paul talks about that tension, and it is an important tension. We don\u2019t get to just have the attitude that says, \u201cWell, God called me; therefore, if I take care of His business, He\u2019ll take care of my family.\u201d That used to be the old-school way of thinking about it: \u201cGod will take care of my family. My wife will be there; she\u2019ll do that.\u201d Because, as we say back in Texas, \u201cThat dog won\u2019t hunt.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo whatever it is\u2014whether it\u2019s this end of the spectrum or all the way at the other end of the spectrum\u2014there is this reminder that you now have this sort of divided interest. It\u2019s not a divided interest between the godly thing\/ministry and the not-godly thing\/marriage. You need to understand that marriage <em>is<\/em> your primary ministry. That\u2019s where you get divided; because when you get married, your marriage becomes your primary ministry. It becomes the foundation upon which all your other ministry is built. It becomes the place where you\u2019re <em>evaluated<\/em> as to whether or not you\u2019re <em>qualified<\/em> for other ministry. It becomes the place where you learn the disciplines that are necessary in any and every other ministry. It becomes the place where you are an <em>example<\/em> for those to whom you minister. So it <em>is<\/em> ministry! It <em>is<\/em> ministry! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s where the difficulty comes\/here\u2019s where the tension comes; the tension becomes the ministry inside the home and inside the marriage, and the ministry outside the home and outside the marriage. There is a constant ebb and flow and working to manage that tension. <em>All<\/em> of us live with that; <em>every one<\/em> of us lives with that. When there are <em>decisions<\/em> to be made, and when there are <em>prices<\/em> to be paid, all of these things have to be taken into consideration. But when we do, an <em>amazing<\/em> thing happens; we come to this place, where we realize that we\u2019re on a much greater adventure than we ever bargained for or ever saw coming. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI believe, if somebody had told Bridget all the stuff that we would go through and all of the adventures and scary things that we would do\u2014I believe, if somebody told her that before she married me\u2014I\u2019d still be chasing her, [Laughter] because she would just run. But the fact of the matter is neither of us would trade any of it, because God is good. So whatever you are having to trust Him with, He\u2019s worthy of your trust. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s pray; \u201cOh God, how we thank You and praise You for who You are and for what You\u2019ve done. We are grateful to You for your goodness, Your kindness, Your mercy toward us. Grant, by Your grace, that we would follow You in faith, that we might serve You, and that it might be our prayer that we would see Your kingdom come. Amen.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I am thankful for Voddie Baucham. I am thankful for the words of truth that he speaks into so many lives, and how he has lived out God\u2019s mission in his life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, it was about 20 years ago when a pastor read these verses to me, from \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 Peter 2: \u201cYou are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God\u2019s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness, into His marvelous light. For once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. You had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.\u201d The pastor looked at the congregation. I felt he was looking right at me, and he was like, \u201cThat\u2019s your job description!\u201d From then on, that has been the mission statement of my life: that I am to proclaim the excellencies of Him! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow it\u2019s your turn to look for that job description\/that mission that God is taking you on. As Voddie said, you don\u2019t have to cross any borders; you live it right now. You just live it out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHey, next week, dads, we\u2019ve got a show just for you, if you\u2019re feeling a little overwhelmed\/if you are feeling on top of the world because you are Superman with <em>superpowers<\/em>. Next week, it\u2019s Father\u2019s Day\u2014hint, hint if you haven\u2019t gotten your dad a card yet! Dads, please listen in next week. We\u2019ve got a <em>great<\/em> half-hour planned just for you! I hope you can join us for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHey, thanks for listening! I want to thank the president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, along with our station partners around the country. A big \u201cThank you!\u201d to our engineer today, Keith Lynch. Thanks to our producer, Marques Holt. Justin Adams is our mastering engineer, and Megan Martin is our production coordinator.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur program is a production of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, and our mission is to effectively develop godly families who change the world one home at a time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI'm Michelle Hill, inviting you to join us again next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife This Week.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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can you know God's will when you are facing a radical life change? Voddie Baucham says re-evaluate your objectives in life, and God will show you from there. He outlines how to follow God's leading.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylife.com\/flw\/flw2020-06-13.pdf","transcript_content":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I have a friend who has dreamed about being a missionary in Africa since she was a little kid. But then came marriage and then came kids before she could get there. According to Voddie Baucham, that\u2019s not necessarily accurate.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> You don\u2019t necessarily have to be a part of an <em>official<\/em> function of some kind to understand that, when you got married, you were on mission. When God gives us children, we now know for a fact that we\u2019re on mission. We know <em>what<\/em> our mission is; we know <em>where<\/em> our mission is: we are to take these people who come into our home\u2014they\u2019re unconverted little sinners\u2014[Laughter]\u2014they are; they need Jesus <em>bad<\/em>!\u2014[Laughter]\u2014and so we\u2019re on mission. When you got married, you were on mission.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Voddie Baucham\u2019s going to talk today about living life on mission on this edition of <em>FamilyLife This Week<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWelcome to <em>FamilyLife This Week<\/em>. I\u2019m Michelle Hill. Have you ever thought about your life\u2019s mission? Maybe you crafted a mission statement for your life: it included your purpose\/the reason that you live and breathe. A mom\u2019s mission statement might include, you know, just making sure that the kids actually live to see their 18<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. Or maybe, because of COVID, you lost your job, and you\u2019re in the middle of finding a new one; or maybe, because of all of this, you\u2019re working from home right now, and this just really has you thinking, \u201cWell, what <em>is<\/em> my mission in life?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I have these similar questions; and so I actually turned to someone I know. He\u2019s thought a lot about this: mission in life. His name is Voddie Baucham; he\u2019s a popular author, speaker, and seminary president, so he probably does know what he\u2019s talking about when he talks about life on mission. A few years ago, he spoke at a FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> event; and he explored this issue of life on mission.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s Voddie.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previous Message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> I have an assignment this morning. My assignment is to talk about the mission of marriage. My assignment is <em>also<\/em> to share with you Bridget\u2019s and my journey\/our most recent journey. That\u2019s a bit of a challenge to me, since I learned a long time ago that my greatest gift to you, as I stand up here anytime, is to share a story that\u2019s not my own; but this morning I have to tell you our story. Thanks, Bob Lepine. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat we\u2019re going to do is focus on this passage of Scripture; and then I\u2019m going to give you sort of an extended application from our story, which fits into this. Open your Bibles to 1 Corinthians 7. In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul is addressing the issue of marriage, and divorce, and singleness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn this section, in particular, he\u2019s talking about singleness. He\u2019s kind of extolling the virtues of singleness for those individuals who have that calling and that supernatural gift. It <em>is<\/em> a calling from God and a <em>supernatural<\/em> gift to be single. I did not have that calling. I met Bridget January 21, 1989; and we got married June 30, 1989. We\u2019ve been married ever since, so I know very little about this gift of singleness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the other side of it is addressed here in this text, beginning in verse 32, where Paul says, \u201cI want you to be free from anxieties.\u201d Notice some of the words that he uses here. It almost sounds like he\u2019s being very negative about marriage. You have to remind yourself, when you read this passage, that Paul\u2019s the one\u2014he\u2019s the same guy who penned Ephesians 5:22 and following. You know, the most writing\u2014and the most deep and rich theological writing\u2014in the New Testament about marriage is what we have from Paul himself. You have to remind yourself of that as you read this passage\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[1 Corinthians 7:32-35]. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we have \u201canxiety\u201d; we have \u201cworldly\u201d; that word is not used in the sense that we normally use it\/you know, \u201cworldly\u201d in the sense of evil things\u2014that\u2019s not what he\u2019s talking about here\u2014earthly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201chow to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things,\u201d\u2014not that she\u2019s not concerned about being holy in body and spirit\u2014\u201chow to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo there\u2019s this idea of devotion being <em>divided<\/em> when we are married. That\u2019s an important concept to have\u2014that our devotions are divided\u2014and not in the sense that we become ungodly. The idea there is that we don\u2019t have\u2014it\u2019s not like when we were single\u2014when we were single, and we just sensed the need to move in this or that direction, you just moved in this or that direction. When we\u2019re married, we can no longer move like that; we can no longer operate like that. We have other things to think of. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s like moving the Army versus moving Special Forces. Special Forces can go\u2014get in, get out\u2014do whatever they have to do. Man, to move an army? It takes you months! There\u2019s a lot of stuff you have to get, you know; and when you go, you stay awhile! So when you\u2019re married, it\u2019s like that. It\u2019s different; you don\u2019t have that same flexibility. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut it\u2019s not that you\u2019re no longer involved in kingdom work. We know this because, for example, the Dominion Mandate. In Genesis, Chapter 1, beginning in verse 28, we read: \u201cAnd God blessed them, and God said to them, \u2018Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the heavens, and over the living things that move on the earth.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo there\u2019s an idea here, in the Dominion Mandate, that this married couple that has been called together by God has a kingdom purpose. They are <em>on mission<\/em> from the beginning. Everything that they\u2019re doing, as this couple, is designed and geared toward that mission. Even the idea of being a married couple is an idea that proclaims something true about God, who has redeemed a people for Himself; so we\u2019re not divorced from the kingdom. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe idea of the Parental Mandate\u2014that we\u2019re to bring up our children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord\u2014so that, when God gives us children, we now know for a fact that we\u2019re on mission. We know <em>what<\/em> our mission is; we know <em>where<\/em> our mission is: we\u2019re to take these people, who come into our home\u2014they are unconverted little sinners\u2014[Laughter]\u2014amen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Audience:<\/strong> Amen! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> \u2014if you have a problem with me saying that, you don\u2019t have kids yet! [Laughter] Okay? They\u2019re unconverted little sinners\u2014they are\u2014they need Jesus <em>bad!<\/em> [Laughter] It didn\u2019t take you long to figure that out, okay? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we\u2019re on mission, and we need to be reminded of that. You don\u2019t necessarily have to be a part of an <em>official<\/em> church function of some kind to understand that, when you got married, you were on mission. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMarriage is also the first qualification for those who serve in ministry\u20141 Timothy, Chapter 3, verses 1 and 2\u2014\u201cThe saying is trustworthy; if anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife\u2026\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat term, \u201cabove reproach,\u201d is the umbrella term for all of the qualifications that come. After that, you get specific qualifications. The first of the specific qualifications is: \u201c\u2026husband of one wife\u2026\u201d It has to do with your marriage. Titus 1:5 and 6: \u201cThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remains in order and appoint elders in every town as I directed you. If anyone is above reproach\u201d\u2014and here we come\u2014\u201chusband of one wife\u2026\u201d It starts right there; it starts with your marriage. Your marriage is your first ministry. If I am not succeeding as Bridget\u2019s husband, I don\u2019t <em>deserve<\/em> to be anybody else\u2019s pastor; okay? Amen! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlso, we\u2019re called to be <em>examples<\/em> to the flock. Those in ministry are called to be examples to the flock: \u201cSo I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder\u201d\u2014we see this in 1 Peter 5:1-4\u2014\u201cand a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed, shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201c\u2026examples to the flock\u201d\u2014this means that elders must be exemplary Christians\/exemplary Christians. Perfect Christians?\u2014no. Perfect Christians are not exemplary. We\u2019re to be exemplary husbands and fathers. \u201cOh really, so you have to have a perfect marriage?\u201d\u2014no, exemplary. We saw a picture last night of this very concept. We didn\u2019t have some people come up before us and say, \u201cYes, we\u2019re in pastoral ministry because we\u2019re perfect, and we\u2019ve always been perfect.\u201d No! But part of being exemplary is how you overcome the sin and the obstacles that are put before you; amen? That\u2019s part of your example. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tExemplary parents: \u201cOh, your kids have to be perfect?\u201d\u2014no! I already told you\u2014they\u2019re little sinners! [Laughter] Amen! None of us have perfect children\u2014none of us do\u2014none of us, none of us, none of us. There\u2019s only been one couple who ever had a perfect child; you\u2019re not marrying Joseph. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHowever, we\u2019re to be exemplary parents. Sometimes, you see people being exemplary parents <em>when<\/em> their children are being a particular challenge! So, exemplary; this means that we\u2019re not the only ones\u2014my wife and I\u2014balancing marriage and mission. Because, if there\u2019s to be an example from those in leadership and in pastoral ministry, then that example is for the purpose of encouraging and equipping those who are watching, and learning, and following; because you\u2019re balancing whatever your mission is with your marriage and family as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAll of us are on mission, every last one of us. This is why we never say\u2014and I talked to my family about this\u2014you know, Bridget and 1 are going\u2014and our seven youngest children\u2014our children are 24, 22, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 18 months; right? [Applause] I have a lot of them trophies, man! Alright. One of the things that we do is\u2014we\u2019re trying to communicate to these younger ones; you know, the seven of them that are ten and under, who are going with us\u2014we try to communicate to them what\u2019s going on and what\u2019s happening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> say to them and what we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> say to other people\u2014we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> say to them\u2014\u201cWe\u2019re going to be missionaries in Zambia.\u201d We don\u2019t say that to them, and we don\u2019t say that to other people; because that would sort of <em>imply<\/em> that we\u2019re not already on mission, and that other Christians aren\u2019t on mission. We are! We are. I\u2019ve been a church-planter for the past nine years. Why is it that I can plant a church in Houston, and I\u2019m just a church-planter; but you cross a border and plant a church, and now you\u2019re a <em>missionary<\/em>? We\u2019re all supposed to be on mission, right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Audience:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> So, we\u2019re going to serve. I\u2019m going to serve as Dean of the seminary at the African Christian University. That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do, because we want to communicate this idea of Christianity being about mission\/of Christianity being about <em>us<\/em> living our lives in such a way that we express our desire for Christ to have the fullness of the reward for which He died. That\u2019s <em>every<\/em> Christian\u2014that\u2019s <em>all<\/em> of us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That\u2019s <em>all<\/em> of us. Oh, this is just getting so good! Are you taking notes?\u2014because I am. This is important stuff\u2014to live our life on mission. We have more Voddie Baucham coming up right after the break. I\u2019ll be back in two minutes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Radio Station Spot Break]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Welcome back to <em>FamilyLife This Week<\/em>. I'm Michelle Hill. We are hearing from Voddie Baucham today, and he is sharing just about how to live life on mission. Voddie\u2019s been talking about that misunderstanding that there are some super-real Christians, who are living on mission, and then there are, well, the rest of us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, Voddie is going to give us an example from his own personal journey on how God is keeping him on mission. Here\u2019s Voddie.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previous Message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Voddie:<\/strong> When we talk about this divided attention, and these divided responsibilities, what I want to do is sort of now use our experience as a kind of extended illustration of how that works itself out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe introduction: \u201cHow did this all start?\u201d I\u2019ve desired, for a long time, to visit Africa. There\u2019s something that a lot of people don\u2019t understand about black people here in the United States, as it relates to our heritage and our history. I have to walk up to people all the time and say, \u201cHi, my name\u2019s Voddie Baucham,\u201d\u2014a nice, wholesome <em>German<\/em> name. [Laughter] It\u2019s been interesting, especially when I\u2019m <em>outside<\/em> of the United States, to have that conversation with people; you know? Because they ask me, and they\u2019re just confused: \u201cHow did you\u2026?\u201d \u201cWhat\u2026?\u201d \u201cYou\u2026?\u201d\u2014you know. And then I sort of let them off the hook. I go: \u201cYou see, we had this thing called slavery. There was a German family who <em>owned<\/em> my family. <em>After<\/em> slavery, we were left with the name of this German family, because we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> know where we came from.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s this very interesting thing for us about Africa and going back to that place. I\u2019ll never forget the first time I went to Zambia. Zambia was the first place that I went on the African continent. I\u2019m going to preach at a church there in Lusaka, Zambia. There\u2019s a pastor there\u2014he\u2019s also a pediatrician\u2014his name is Grave Singogo. Grave\u2019s father was also a member of the church at the time. Grave\u2019s father was this smooth old dude\u201485 years old\u2014still getting around, driving himself around, just as spry and energetic. He walked up to me with his <em>big old grin<\/em> on his face and greeted me. He grabbed me by my face, and he says, \u201cIs this your first time in Africa?\u201d I said, \u201cYes, sir, it is.\u201d And he just kissed me [smacking kiss sound]. He said, \u201cMy son, welcome home.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just started crying, right there in the parking lot. I hadn\u2019t even gotten in church yet. [Laughter] I stood up and, as I was preaching that week, I thought: \u201cIsn\u2019t this interesting? Several hundred years ago, my ancestors, for whatever reason\u2014probably <em>sold<\/em> by some of the ancestors of the folks here in this church\u2014went on a journey\/an arduous journey: came to the United States, lost all contact with who we were, went through some of the most difficult experiences that any people group has gone through; and yet, God, in His providence, preserved us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeyond preserving us, I was allowed to grow up in the wealthiest, most <em>powerful<\/em> nation in the history of the world with some of the richest theological history\/some of the <em>best<\/em> theological training available on planet earth. I was able to access that training; and then go back on a short plane ride, relatively speaking, to that same place, where my folks were taken from, and unload what God, in His providence, had allowed me to acquire <em>because<\/em> of the difficulties all those times ago. There\u2019s this unbelievable <em>connection<\/em> that I had there, just from a personal perspective. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then there\u2019s an unbelievable opportunity. The Reformed Baptists of Zambia have a long, robust history. They\u2019ve been planting churches there for, at least, the last 25 years. It\u2019s a completely indigenous work, so I\u2019m not going over there to <em>start<\/em> anything. These are Zambians, who\u2019ve been doing this work for a long time\u2014some uniquely-gifted men. There are people from all over the region, who have come to these men, over the last 25 years, basically saying, \u201cCan you help us do what you\u2019ve done here?\u201d These are the individuals who are starting African Christian University, and not only African Christian University, but also the seminary that will be attached to African Christian University. It\u2019s a unique opportunity because of the things that God has done and put in place in my life, for me to be a unique fit in this unique place for this unique work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhy is this work important? Here\u2019s why: we all hear about what\u2019s going on in West Africa and East Africa. We hear about Boko Haram; we hear about this Islamic migration south. Europe tried, early on, to evangelize the African continent; there is some residue of Christian influence. I\u2019m grateful for that residue of Christian influence; but throughout the continent, there is a strong Muslim influence\u2014an aggressive, <em>violent<\/em> Islamic influence. The continent of Africa needs to be evangelized, and it\u2019s not going to happen from the north. If it\u2019s going to happen, it\u2019s going to have to happen from the south. For the last 25 years, there\u2019s been an incubator, where a strong, <em>vibrant<\/em>, life-giving, church-planting, gospel-preaching, indigenous ministry has been rising up, and is being positioned right now to do just that\u2014to evangelize the continent, from the south upward\u2014that\u2019s what this is about. That\u2019s the big picture here. [Applause]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo for you, whomever you are, and wherever you are, and whatever constitutes that <em>mission<\/em> side of your life\u2014whether it is, right now, \u201cGod has called us to this mission of raising, training, evangelizing, and discipling these children,\u201d or \u201c\u2026this child that God has given us,\u201d\u2014whether it\u2019s that right there, or it\u2019s that you\u2019re in pastoral ministry, or you\u2019re in whatever kind of ministry\u2014whatever that is, there is this need to live with that tension. Paul talks about that tension, and it is an important tension. We don\u2019t get to just have the attitude that says, \u201cWell, God called me; therefore, if I take care of His business, He\u2019ll take care of my family.\u201d That used to be the old-school way of thinking about it: \u201cGod will take care of my family. My wife will be there; she\u2019ll do that.\u201d Because, as we say back in Texas, \u201cThat dog won\u2019t hunt.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo whatever it is\u2014whether it\u2019s this end of the spectrum or all the way at the other end of the spectrum\u2014there is this reminder that you now have this sort of divided interest. It\u2019s not a divided interest between the godly thing\/ministry and the not-godly thing\/marriage. You need to understand that marriage <em>is<\/em> your primary ministry. That\u2019s where you get divided; because when you get married, your marriage becomes your primary ministry. It becomes the foundation upon which all your other ministry is built. It becomes the place where you\u2019re <em>evaluated<\/em> as to whether or not you\u2019re <em>qualified<\/em> for other ministry. It becomes the place where you learn the disciplines that are necessary in any and every other ministry. It becomes the place where you are an <em>example<\/em> for those to whom you minister. So it <em>is<\/em> ministry! It <em>is<\/em> ministry! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s where the difficulty comes\/here\u2019s where the tension comes; the tension becomes the ministry inside the home and inside the marriage, and the ministry outside the home and outside the marriage. There is a constant ebb and flow and working to manage that tension. <em>All<\/em> of us live with that; <em>every one<\/em> of us lives with that. When there are <em>decisions<\/em> to be made, and when there are <em>prices<\/em> to be paid, all of these things have to be taken into consideration. But when we do, an <em>amazing<\/em> thing happens; we come to this place, where we realize that we\u2019re on a much greater adventure than we ever bargained for or ever saw coming. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI believe, if somebody had told Bridget all the stuff that we would go through and all of the adventures and scary things that we would do\u2014I believe, if somebody told her that before she married me\u2014I\u2019d still be chasing her, [Laughter] because she would just run. But the fact of the matter is neither of us would trade any of it, because God is good. So whatever you are having to trust Him with, He\u2019s worthy of your trust. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s pray; \u201cOh God, how we thank You and praise You for who You are and for what You\u2019ve done. We are grateful to You for your goodness, Your kindness, Your mercy toward us. Grant, by Your grace, that we would follow You in faith, that we might serve You, and that it might be our prayer that we would see Your kingdom come. Amen.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I am thankful for Voddie Baucham. I am thankful for the words of truth that he speaks into so many lives, and how he has lived out God\u2019s mission in his life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, it was about 20 years ago when a pastor read these verses to me, from \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 Peter 2: \u201cYou are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God\u2019s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness, into His marvelous light. For once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. You had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.\u201d The pastor looked at the congregation. I felt he was looking right at me, and he was like, \u201cThat\u2019s your job description!\u201d From then on, that has been the mission statement of my life: that I am to proclaim the excellencies of Him! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow it\u2019s your turn to look for that job description\/that mission that God is taking you on. As Voddie said, you don\u2019t have to cross any borders; you live it right now. You just live it out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHey, next week, dads, we\u2019ve got a show just for you, if you\u2019re feeling a little overwhelmed\/if you are feeling on top of the world because you are Superman with <em>superpowers<\/em>. Next week, it\u2019s Father\u2019s Day\u2014hint, hint if you haven\u2019t gotten your dad a card yet! Dads, please listen in next week. We\u2019ve got a <em>great<\/em> half-hour planned just for you! I hope you can join us for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHey, thanks for listening! I want to thank the president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, along with our station partners around the country. A big \u201cThank you!\u201d to our engineer today, Keith Lynch. Thanks to our producer, Marques Holt. Justin Adams is our mastering engineer, and Megan Martin is our production coordinator.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur program is a production of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, and our mission is to effectively develop godly families who change the world one home at a time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI'm Michelle Hill, inviting you to join us again next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife This Week.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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