Our Father’s heartbeat
Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” (John 20:21)
The heart is the center of a person’s being. The director of our Mission training, Ensio Mustonen, once said that a doctor comforted him by saying that the heart will last until the end. When we talk about matters of the heart, we mean those things that captivate our attention.
Eventually when it’s time to leave our legacy, it’s important for us to direct it to what serves the purpose closest to our heart’s desires. The legacy may be spiritual, something that speaks to the next generations, but usually it concerns the legacy we bequeath to those left behind.
I think that the most far-reaching is the kind of legacy that is for the eternal good of people. Funds given to missionary work are according to the Father’s heart, and the supporter can be happy about it even during his lifetime.
Whenever I send support to the work of the unreached, I feel great pleasure when I think of the goal they will pursue, with the result that people from all ethnic groups will once stand before the throne singing a new verse. What a sight!
GNN Finland reg. is a small missionary organisation with a big vision. We drive on ‘one track’ which means focusing on reaching different people groups with the Gospel.
Up until now, we have managed to keep local expenses to a minimum. We don’t even keep an office so that the ‘earmarked’ funds directed to us go to the right places in which they were assigned, even paying the bank charges ourselves.
In cooperation with local partners, we train and employ selected national pioneers among unreachable tribes and new areas where the message of Jesus is not known.
A young man died in traffic in Sumatra while on his way to Bible school. A grieving father made a song whose words touch me every time.
Life is an opportunity to serve the Lord.
Don’t waste the time you’re given from Him.
Like a fragrant flower that blooms in the morning in the meadow,
Then withers in the heat of the day.
Likewise, life here only lasts for a moment.
Chorus:
Oh Lord, use my life while I’m still strong.
Then when I am weary, my life has become a blessing.
Whether you are young or old, we are only here on earth for a brief moment. When the time comes, what kind of foot print will we leave behind us?
– Arto Sädeaho –
