149: David Jacob and Seeking After God

David Jacob serves as the missionary in residence and chair of the intercultural studies department at Trinity Bible College and Graduate School in Ellendale, ND. He is also the author of It’s Your Call: To a Missional or Missionary Life. Today, David shares his calling to the mission field, wrestling with God’s silence, and the burning desire that led him to the classroom. Along the way, we discuss why our mission is to pursue the Lord not merely the next step he wants us to take. David’s story reminds us that if we will trust the Lord, he will make the path straight.

Listen to David’s story now!

Stories David shared:

What it’s like being a missionary in residence
Growing up in a nominal Christian family going to church on the bus
Rededicated his life at a Wednesday night group
Discipleship with his youth pastor
Becoming the midwest director of Operation Christmas Child
Wrestling with God’s silence while he sensed a call for more
The vision he had of Jesus in the car with him
Starting to sense God’s call to Asia
Fundraising as ministry for missionaries
Learning to depend on the Lord in a foreign culture
The desire to teach introduction to missions
Why he wrote It’s Your Call: To a Missional or Missionary Life

Great quotes from David:

God, I don’t understand why you’re not speaking.

I have been seeking God’s will instead of God himself.

Fundraising and speaking to other Christians…is an incredible privilege to promote the cause of missions and God’s Kingdom.

Every believer has a role to play in the Great Commission.

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