“Does it not stir up our hearts, to go forth and help them, does it not make us long to leave our luxury, our exceeding abundant light, and go to them that sit in darkness?”
Amy Carmichael, A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliott
I love this! How convicting! I feel this articulates our call from the great commission in such a powerful way. She continues…..
“You who can resist the half-articulate pleading of many and many a heart today, can you resist this? From millions of voiceless souls, it is rising now-does it not touch you at all? The missionary magazines try to echo the silent sob. You read them? Yes, and you skim them for good stories, nice pictures, bits of excitement-the more the better. Oh! you-you, I mean, who are weary of hearing the reiteration of the great unrepealed commission, you who think you care, but who certainly don’t, past costing point, is there nothing will touch you?”
My heart weeps at these words. My eyes overflow with tears. For the Word of God says that the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. And Jesus instructs his followers to pray for workers to be sent into the harvest. NOT for the harvest itself. For God is already, yes, He is ALWAYS moving and working. Pouring out His Spirit upon the thirsty souls of people in desperate need of Him.
EVERY DAY we see the reality here in SS, there are too few workers. There are so many thirsty souls here longing for discipleship. We are here but we are 2 families among thousands of unreached peoples who need to hear the hope that the Gospel brings. It is true that it is the Lord who does the work-yet He calls us as His chosen and anointed ones to live among the lost-to be His light in our earthly bodies-to show the people what it means for theology to have skin on in the form of being sanctified by His glorious, life-changing love, truth, and grace.
I truly believe the Lord has brought us here to SS for such a time as this-after decades of civil war this baby country needs to be fed, yes the physical needs are here as famine threatens to overwhelm many parts of this country, but even more so spiritually speaking. There are COUNTLESS opportunities to serve here in various capacities. I pour my heart out like water before the Lord and beg Him to send workers. Will you answer His call for Your life? Don’t say that He hasn’t called you. For He has. It is His command to us in the Great Commission. You may say you care for the souls of the lost but truly what is your costing point?
What is the point in your life where you dig in your heels, hold on tight and say, “Nope! Can’t do that Lord!” Or maybe you don’t resist the Lord quite so blatantly-maybe you keep yourself so busy without a spare minute because if you stop, if you have some quiet, your soul begins to speak out of it’s gaping hole. What is the point in your life where you don’t want to release your control and give it to the Lord? Is it a person? You think surely the Lord understands that they need you. Your family? Your health? For God has all things in His control and He does care. He wants you to let go and trust Him with all your heart as you follow in obedience to Him. Don’t expect to have all the answers-you won’t. You must trust God little by little and follow Him.
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