Day 55 - Missions Incredible
God’s Spirit is moving mightily in many parts of the world. Unfortunately, it appears that Western Europe, North America, & Japan are not experiencing a powerful move of God in our day. Believers in so-called “Third World†countries, however, are seeing unprecedented church growth, miracles, salvations, and yes—international missions.
There is a new wave of missionaries that are venturing out into other parts of the world, but they’re not coming from the developed nations of the West. Believers in less developed countries are taking seriously the words of the prophet Isaiah, “And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, ‘Here am I! Send me.’†(Isaiah 6:8) A recent Christianity Today article stated, “South Korea sends more missionaries than any other country but the U.S. and it won’t be long before it’s number one.†In 1980, South Korea only had 93 missionaries serving worldwide. Today that number is 13,000. One Korean mission organization is planning to send 100,000 full-time Korean missionaries into the world by 2030. They are praying that one out of every 300 Korean Christians will become missionaries!
One professor of missions said, “Wherever there is a renewal or revival anywhere in the world, it results in missions.†This new missionary movement is being called “majority-world†missions because 82 percent of the global population (the global majority) lives in less developed countries.
As believers in the West, what can we learn from our brothers and sisters in the “majority world?†It’s fairly simple, when God said “Go!†He meant it. Maybe God indeed does bless those believers who “keep the main thing the main thingâ€â€”bringing people to Jesus!
Today’s Scripture Promise: “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” (Mark 16:15)