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In the church at Antioch, while they are worshiping and fasting, the Holy Spirit speaks: set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. Hands are laid on, and the first missionary journey sails.
World missions begins in a prayer meeting. Today also holds Naboth's vineyard, innocent blood, and a king who finally bows. God is moving pieces everywhere; ask where you are being set apart to stand.
Naboth's vineyard shows why the world needs missionaries: power untethered from God murders for a vegetable garden. And Psalm 137 shows what honest faith does with atrocity, weeps, remembers, and hands even its rage to the Judge. Scripture never asks you to pretend; it asks you to pray unedited and leave vengeance with God.
Against that darkness, Antioch lights a candle: worshiping, fasting believers hear the Spirit name names, and the gospel starts crossing seas. Callings tend to land on people already at the altar. Stay in the worship and the fasting, hold your plans loosely, and be ready to hear your own name in the Spirit's set apart.