The Holy Spirit The Protagonist
The Spirit is the main agent in missionary service, filling us with confidence, strength and courage. It is the Spirit who urges us to dream new things ~ and prepares future surprises for us. Our planning has to recognize God's primacy in our missionary service. Each time we make plans, we review our values and set-up priorities, propose urgent actions... but in all planning the primacy is God's ~ who with His Spirit continues to surprise, just when we think there is nothing more to do or say!
It is the Spirit who attracts people in to the adventure of faith ~ bringing them to encounter the living person of Christ. So our planning must essentially be an act of attention to the Spirit with our readiness to be instruments of grace and salvation ~ rather than protagonists in search of our own glory.
