Revelation 5; Revelation 6; Revelation 7; Revelation 8; Revelation 9
Every Tribe and Language and People and Nation Will Surround The Throne!
Will You Help Us Reach an Unreached Unengaged People Group in 2012?
Scripture
Revelation 5
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and break its seals and open it.
For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
Revelation 7
9 After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. 10 And they were shouting with a mighty shout,
“Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throneand from the Lamb!”
11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God. 12 They sang,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and strength belong to our God
forever and ever! Amen.”
Observation
The Saturday before my heart attack Kathy and I had just returned from an International Mission Board Expo Conference where we had decided to serve in India to reach an unreached unengaged people group. The following Monday I had my heart attack.
So what do you do when you know that God has called you to do something but an obstacle gets in the way? Do you just forget about God’s call because now it might be a little more difficult or a little more complicated to answer that call? I don’t think so.
Kathy and I will still target and unreached unengaged people group and hopefully that people group will be in India. If God doesn’t open the door for India then there are plenty of unreached people groups scattered all over this planet that need to hear the Good News.
We will have to raise our own support. We were going to have to do that anyway going out with the International Mission Board under the Master’s program. Raising support will be a challenge for us, but I am confident that our God will supply our needs to be able to serve Him. We have a great church and I know that they will help us all that they can.
One day when we stand around the Throne of God in a crowd too great to count, with folks from “every nation and tribe and people and language” wouldn’t it be great if you and I were the reason that some of them had the opportunity to be in Heaven.
“But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!” Romans 10:14-15
Please pray for us!
Application
I will do everything that I can to help an unreached unengaged people group hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I know that people who haven’t had the opportunity to hear the Good News are the people most on Your heart. I know that one day every nation and tribe and people and language will stand around Your Throne to worship You. I pray that those that read this blog this morning will be moved by Your Holy Spirit to join us in accomplishing this task.
I pray for people that will lead our church and other churches to join us. I pray for people that will organize a team(s) that will go over with us to build relationships with these unreached people and help them to know our Savior. I pray for the people who will financially support us and for people that will commit to pray for our unreached people group.
and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.” Revelation 5:9
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