Courage and Conviction

Good Morning!

Devotion # 3 – Romans 10:14-15

A young lady was called from the audience at church Sunday. She had been on mission to China and had returned to share about her experience. She had been to the place where Lottie Moon had lived … and died … for Christ.

For the people who are not Baptists I should explain that Lottie Moon was a missionary to China in the late 19th century. She was one of the first – if not the first – women to go on mission. She was supported only by the funds she could raise … and she lived off of the meager funds she received. Her death was remarkable in this way … she died of starvation because she gave her food to those in need during a famine in China.

I marvel at young people who have the courage to go out on mission. You have been praying for a young lady who is in Viet Nam since this summer. Her name is Ashley. Both she and the young lady who spoke Sunday went into hostile territory … places where the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not welcome. Yet they go because it is important.

Sometimes it seems that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not welcome in our own land. We must muster our courage to share the Gospel in a land that was once Christian but has strayed far away. It is important. It is necessary. The eternal destiny of many are at stake. Listen to Paul:

Romans 10:14-15 (English Standard Version)
14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?[a] And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"

Footnotes:
a. Romans 10:14 Or him whom they have never heard

Now this is not a “preacher verse”. No – this verse applies to all of us because whether we use words or not, we all preach the Gospel. Why don’t we join our young ladies in sharing the Good News of Jesus today!


Agape’


Mr. Jim