You can get there with God.

 Someone asked the great English preacher Charles Spurgeon: ‘Which is more important, Bible reading or prayer?’

Spurgeon replied, ‘Which is more important, breathing in or breathing out?’

If you only focus on Bible study and your Bible knowledge, you can be familiar with the Bible but not have personal fellowship with Jesus.

The Bible is our map, but the Holy Spirit is our guide.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Mt 28:19 NIV

So we are to go, but where should I go right now?

Hudson Taylor was a very fruitful missionary in China.

William Carey was a wonderful missionary in India. As a young man he was a shoemaker in England. His family was not rich and he had to work as a tradesman. He was fascinated by foreign languages and he learnt several languages, but he could not study at Oxford University like John Wesley.

He had a talent for foreign languages. Jesus taught that we must invest our talents, and that's what he did.

He became a missionary and moved to India where he learnt Indian languages and translated the Bible. Although he was never able to study at university in England, he founded a university in India.

He also wanted to preach and evangelise, but he totally failed as an evangelist. We all have different gifts.

John Wesley also had a gift for languages, but his mission field was at home in England. He was a marvellous preacher and evangelist.

Why did Hudson Taylor serve as a missionary in China, William Carey in India and John Wesley in England?

They didn't read it in the Bible. Their guide was the Holy Spirit.

Are you gifted with languages? Perhaps not.

Are you called to preach from the pulpit? Maybe not.

Noah was called to build a ship, but I am not a ship builder.

What is your thing? How can you use your talents for Jesus?

Please don't despise your talents, but never forget that your talents have no value without God's guidance.