Missions 101 … A Lesson For Those Who Want To Reach People For Christ!

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Genesis 25; Genesis 26; Psalm 6; Luke 10

Missions 101 … A Lesson For Those Who Want To Reach People For Christ!

Scripture

Luke 10

 ¹ The Lord now chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit. ² These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.

⁵ “Whenever you enter someone’s home, first say, ‘May God’s peace be on this house.’ ⁶ If those who live there are peaceful, the blessing will stand; if they are not, the blessing will return to you. ⁷ Don’t move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.

Observation

Here are two very important principles; lessons or truths that you need to know if you are going to be a missionary. Understanding these two truths can help you be a missionary to your neighbors, a missionary within your city, or a missionary on the foreign mission field! Don’t ever forget these two important truths.

The first one is this: No matter where we are at in this world the “Harvest is great”! Jesus didn’t say that the harvest is great only in China or only in Cuba, or only in this part of the world. Where ever you go you need to go knowing that the “Harvest is great.” There are always plenty of people ready to accept the Good News of Jesus Christ. The problem is that there are not enough workers to bring in the harvest. Jesus says that we should pray to the Lord of the harvest that He would send more workers into His fields.

As Kathy and I plan to serve in one of the most spiritually darkest countries on our planet it is very good to know that the harvest there is great and the only thing lacking is enough workers to bring in the harvest. That truth about the harvest is enough to motivate Kathy and I to get churches praying and going to reach the unreached people in that country. Jesus said the harvest is great but the workers are few.

Here is another truth that we find in Luke 10 that should encourage every Christian that has the desire to see people come to Jesus. God has already prepared the hearts of people all over this world to accept us and accept our message. All we have to do is go out and find them. They are called “sons of peace”. There is not a country or nation on the face of this planet that doesn’t have “sons of peace” waiting for us to knock on their doors.

So if the harvest is great and it only lacks workers. If Jesus has already prepared people to accept the Gospel when we knock on their doors - what are we waiting for? 

Application

Kathy and I will do everything we can to mobilize churches and teams to pray and go and reach an unreached people group(s) this year.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, You have done everything for us. We just need to pray and go. We know that You are going to go ahead of us. You will prepare those that we are going to reach. I pray to You the Lord of the harvest that You would send laborers into the harvest into these last nations that so desperately need to hear the Gospel. They are waiting for us. When we get there we will look for the “Sons of Peace” that You have already prepared to welcome us.

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