Using What You Know for Missions – Mechanical Engineering

In my previous article about Using What You Know For Missions I talked about how important it is for us to use what we already know in missions. It’s my belief that God wants to use our past experiences and skills for His glory and to expand His Kingdom here on Earth.

Normally when we think about God using people’s skills we think of the more “traditional” skills being used for missions. Some of the more practical skills that we think of people using are things like:

• Medical / Healthcare
• Construction
• Teaching

What we don’t often think about are the “non-traditional skills” that God wants to use. Certainly the skills that I use in missions as a missions communicator would not be considered “traditional”.

The following video is a great example of someone using their skills as an engineer, another “non-traditional” skill set, in missions:

The project is called “Vision 10810” and is essentially a “Mobile Gospel Media Centre”. The thing that God spoke to this engineer when the engineer asked how God wanted him to use his skills was:

To design and build semi-trucks which can provide housing for a 12 person team, a full equipped stage to do evangelism and provide a place to store Bibles. These trucks would be more than just a stage. It would be a mission headquarters on wheels.

You can read more about the vision on the Vision 10810 web-site.

How about you?

Regardless of what skills, career or education you have, God wants to use them. They question is not does God want you, the question is, are you willing to let God use you?