I was having a conversation with a friend and we were talking about the global Church. Particularly world evangelism and what we could do about it. Then a great revelation occurred to me during our little chat. This is a big problem no doubt, but it’s not impossible.
Scripture tells us that with GOD nothing is impossible. I believe it’s this kind of childlike faith in GOD that we need especially to witness to a dying world. That’s not all we need but it needs to start there.
Let me move on. As we were talking about this problem I heard in my spirit “remember Nehemiah”. I thought of his story, and what he did. You may be asking how in the world does this relate to world evangelism. Let me explain, we find a beautiful story in Nehemiah 3 about the people rebuilding the walls. What is really neat about this story is the way in which they did this.
28 Above the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs,each in front of his own house
29 Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs
opposite his house.
Next to him, Shemaiah son of Shekaniah, the guard at the East Gate, made repairs.30 Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berekiah made repairs
opposite his living quarters.
What you see above is the idea I want to share with you. Notice how all the families or groups took care of what was in front of him. Don’t misunderstand me either I am totally for world missions and plan to become a missionary. What I am trying to show you is that we need to concentrate on what's in front of us.
The people in Nehemiah’s story were all concerned about the wall as a whole, but they knew they had to take care of their section in order for the wall to stand.
It’s true that Christianity is on the decline, but it’s
OUR
responsibility to see that this trend stops.
On that let me issue you a challenge Church. “I urge you to never give up on winning souls and do your part in world evangelism, and that you have a burning passion for the lost like never before.”
My prayer is that we as the church will pray for the lost, live in unity, and also that the laborers will be plentiful in Jesus name.
Remember nothing is impossible with GOD. We will see this trend reversed if we will RISE UP Church.
RISE UP Church
My dear friends I love you and I ask you to accept this challenge with me. Lets do our part and LOOK HIGHER for help.
Love ya,
Ron