Get Out of Here!

 

Look at this infographic and let it sink in.

This kind of overwhelms me.

Think of the thousands and thousands of churches in North America and Europe and compare that to the millions and millions of people living in Southeast Asia.

No wonder Jesus urged us to "pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers" in Matthew 9:38.

No wonder Jesus commanded us to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" in Matthew 28:19.

No wonder Keith Green challenged us to get off our duffs and make a difference in his song, "Jesus Commands Us to Go."

Jesus commands us to go

But we go the other way

So He carries the burden alone

While His children are busy at play

Feelin' so called to stay

Oh, how God grieves and believes

That the world can't be saved

Unless the ones He's appointed obeys

His command and His stand for the world

That He loved more than life

Oh, He died and He cries out tonight

Jesus commands us to go

It should be the exception if we stay

It's no wonder we're movin' so slow

When His church refuse to obey

Feelin' so called to stay

Oh, how God calls as He stalls

the great judgment of fire

So He can gain His greatest desire

'Cause He knows that the souls of the lost

They can only be reached

Through us

We're His hands and His feet

Jesus commands us to go

It should be the exception if we stay

It's no wonder we're movin' so slow

When God's children refuse to obey

Feelin' so called to stay
Lyrics © For The Shepherd Music

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Truth is...It wouldn't be practical for every Christian in the U.S. to drop what they're doing and move to China, but:

     1.  If we're not going, we should be sending.
     2.  A person doesn't have to go to China to share the love of Jesus with those living on the same street or working in the same office.