Read: Romans
10:1-5
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel [America] is,
that they might be saved.
Romans 10:1
The world
is a very dark place. There is a great need for America to send missionaries who
will take the gospel to the parts of the world where the message of Jesus
Christ has never been preached. If Americans, who are privileged to have heard
how they might accept Christ as Saviour, do not take the responsibility laid
upon them to share the gospel with those who live on foreign fields, then how
will they ever hear? Men like William Carey, Adoniram Judson, Hudson Taylor,
and countless others have laid the groundwork for going to the mission field; there
is no denying that there is a great need to share the Light in these dark
places.
Yet, as important as it is to share the
gospel in other countries, the burning question remains: who will go to
America? This nation is falling apart at the seams. America has always been a
beacon of hope to the nations of the world, but if America doesn’t see a
revival, then soon there will be no missionaries that America can send. The
Frenchman Alex d’Toqueville observed that, “America is great because she is
good; and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” America
is very quickly falling away from being good. The morality in this country has
hit an all-time low. Each new generation of young people fears God less than
the one before it. Sadly, if nothing changes in a nation where the Word of God
was once preached with power on every street corner in years gone by, there
will now be many people who will go through their entire lives without ever
hearing the gospel clearly. How is it possible that Christians have let go of
such a tremendous opportunity to influence a nation? We envy the results of Catholicism
and Mormonism in other countries where a large percentage of the population has
been converted to their religion, but that same statistic represented
Christianity in America until a few years ago when we began to let the
importance slip.
Second Peter 3:9 says the Lord is not
willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. With
that being the case, then God must have a plan for everyone in this country to
hear the gospel. If He does, then certainly there are many young men whom God
is calling to preach that are not answering that call. So what about you? Is
God calling you to preach the gospel in this country? Will you carry the
message of the gospel to those in this country who have never heard? Will you
go to America?
Quote of the day: “The gospel is not something we come to church to hear,
but something we go from church to tell.”
- Vance Havner
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