{"id":14218,"date":"2022-10-31T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T08:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalmmi.net\/?p=14218"},"modified":"2022-10-31T15:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T08:21:04","slug":"mobilizers-inspire-yourselves-the-mind-and-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalmmi.net\/mobilizers-inspire-yourselves-the-mind-and-the-heart","title":{"rendered":"Mobilizers: Inspire Yourselves, the Mind and the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Bevin Ginder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bevin Ginder is the co-founder of GlobalCAST Resources and loves to connect, equip, and coach missions leaders, mobilizers, and advocates. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you see yourself as a mission mobilizer, you may sometimes feel as if people just don\u2019t care about missions. I like to think of mobilization as trying to inspire people: to help them feel they want to do something and can do it. Of inviting them into the process of finding God\u2019s heart and engaging with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps that\u2019s what\u2019s happening in Habakkuk 1:5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook at the nations and watch\u2014and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe, even if you were told.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love that! Watch. Be inspired. God is preparing an amazing harvest. And that includes our days as well. There is so much we can learn right now to be poised and ready for the incredible fruitfulness that\u2019s coming and is even happening right now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobilizers are those who channel key resources, training, or vision for world evangelization to the Body of Christ. Many people are called to give, go, pray, and welcome the nations that are coming to their cities. But the mobilizer is the leader who\u2019s saying, \u201cHey, everybody has a part to play. What is your part? I will help you get there, get you training and resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobilizers serve people in every other role in the Great Commission, so we want to see a lot more mobilizers. That includes mobilizers in the Global South, the non-Western world, including Asia, Africa, and Latin America. God is transforming places that only received missionaries into places that send missionaries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s consider three core principles of mobilizers who inspire. They inspire themselves,<\/em> the mind of others and the hearts of others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Mobilizers Inspire Themselves<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If to mobilize is to inspire, we need to start with ourselves, because people don\u2019t just listen to what we say, they watch our lives. What they catch from you is not just your teaching, it\u2019s your passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mobilizers, we need to find ways to stoke the fires in our souls when we run out of passion. Here are a couple of practical ways to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.<\/strong> Connect With God – God is the source of everything we need. You could be thinking, oh yes, of course, I know this, it\u2019s so basic! But brothers and sisters, we cannot grow beyond this. We cannot leave behind the essential foundation. We need to connect with God as our source of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.<\/strong> Connect With Others – Another thing that keeps us inspired is to connect with people who have similar passions. Then we realize we are not alone. We can also share what\u2019s working and what we\u2019re struggling with. We can pray for each other and encourage each other. That coming together is so crucial, life-giving, and inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C.<\/strong> Get Coaching – Along the same lines, it helps to find a mentor or a coach. Often, we don\u2019t need to be told what to do. We don\u2019t need more information. We just need somebody who can draw out the wisdom that is already in us and help us to figure out the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Mobilizers Inspire the Mind<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the global Church, we have a lot of work to do in the area of missions education, helping believers to learn, to understand, what missions is and what their part in mission is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key to inspiring people for their global destiny is to make sure we answer the question, \u201cWhy?\u201d Too often, especially regarding missions, we jump into where to go, how to do things, and who to serve\u2026. all important things. But we should start with why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n