There is a land, of great majesty and beauty. Of mountains and streams, rainforests and plains, of lush greenery contrasted with snowcapped peaks. The whole land praises the name of our majestic Creator. And no one knows this God, seemingly. House to house we move, sharing with all we encounter. Time and time again, “No.”
They have never heard of this Jesus.
In a populous, fairly well educated region of Nepal, Jesus’ name is not known. That they are Hindus, doesn’t matter. Most were, in India as well. That they are poor, doesn’t matter. Most were poorer in India, and even they had at least heard of Him.
This is NOT okay.
Don’t read this as though I am ungrateful. In contrast, I am blessed to share the gospel to these people who’ve never heard it. But a pain strikes me, that there are parts of this world that have never even encountered his name. Maybe because I live a privileged life, have I thought that the “unreached people” only lived far into jungles, or in remote mountains. I confess that naivety. But I am in a populated area, in the plains.
And whole, legitimate COUNTRIES haven’t heard his name. This is not okay.
God has provided all the resources. They are sitting, waiting for us to ask the Father to expand His kingdom through us. Our minds shouldn’t be on “earthly things” as Paul states in Phillipians 3. Our end on Earth should have not an earthly goal, but a spiritual one, of seeing all nations reached.
Do we really want God? Really? Or is He some far off comforting desire? If we truly want Jesus, do we not want him to return sooner rather than later? Yes, it is in His timing. Yes, it will come “like a thief in the night.” But are we doing our part?
Jesus said, “And this gospel of the kingdom will be in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14 italics mine.) This is a cause and effect statement. Jesus is saying that the end times, the time of His return, will not come until the gospel is in the whole world, every people group.
So should we not urgently seek to see the gospel given to every people group in our desire to see Jesus soon? I should hope.
And I hope that this desire is increasingly placed upon our hearts that we, as the richest nation in all of history, would not be satisfied until all brothers and sisters are obeying Jesus in going or in sending. Every action is a step closer to the arrival of Christ and the coming of His kingdom on earth in fullness.
Will you act?
