To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth

Monday, August 03, 2009

In the midst of His ministry here on this earth, with all of the demands and the needs that were being met, Jesus paused, selected seventy two ambassadors and sent them out ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

There is work to be done that spans the entire globe. There are people who have never heard about Jesus Christ. There are needs for food, for work, for clean water, for health care and the list goes on. We will look at ways that we can “pray”, that we can “give” and we can “go”.

For today, spend some time thinking about the needs around the world. Log on to BBC or CNN websites and scan the news of what is happening in the world. Spend some time talking about those needs as a family. Begin to talk about ways that we can address those needs. Let’s not just stick our heads in the sand and ignore them hoping that they will go away. Extend your hands outward “To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth” and say along with Isaiah, “Here am I. Send me!”

Prayer: Show us what You would have us to do around the world. Amen