May 3: Vital Intercession

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/05/0503.html "...we may find that our obedience to God is going to cost other people more than we thought. ...It is not likely that sin will interfere with our relationship to God, but sympathy will ... which makes us say - 'I will not allow that thing to happen.' " Think of all the missionaries, past and present. Now try to imagine all the grief of all those families who were left behind -- family gatherings that were missed, weddings unattended, no opportunites to say goodbye to the loved ones who were dying. A missionary's decision to obey God costs his family dearly. In the same way, if we decide to obey God at all times, it will also cost our friends and family. We will inconvenience them, embarrass them, and at times abandon them if we are serious about our commitment to be God's hand to reach a lost and hurting world. Are we ready to accept that challenge?