Making Him Known

 

Like many of you, there have been several behaviors that I have witnessed from Christians that

has surprised me and even saddened me. One of those is the deeming who is entitled to the knowledge of our Lord  Jesus.  Those are pretty strong words but bear with me. Since the time of announcing our calling to become missionaries to Native Americans, we have had people advise us we can't consider ourselves missionaries because we aren't on foreign soil. "America has been evangelized"  they say. We've also been told " Missionaries need to be overseas where people haven't had the opportunities to hear the Gospel  that Americans have had." American Christians like to pat ourselves on the back, don't we?! I don't know of any one place in the world that can say  they no longer need missionaries, because everyone has heard the Gospel. 

Ephesians 2:11-12 

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Recently our family held our annual back to school event where our ministry gave school supplies to not only Native American children but also children who are homeless and children of migrant workers.  God blessed us to serve over 200 children.  Included with school supplies we offered Bibles and tracts. What a blessing when 199 accepted them! But our biggest surprise came when 2 teenagers came to our table and my husband offered them Bibles. "What's a Bible?." they asked . My husband responded that it is God's Word. Still confused they asked their mother if they could have one and she said yes. This wasn't a matter of not knowing the English language, it was a matter of not knowing the Hope God gives us.  If America is evangelized, how is it we have people who do not know what a Bible is? I cried when later in the evening my husband told me of this encounter he had. How precious are the Words of our God? They are lifesaving, a balm for my soul, my Hope.  So how sad is it that someone doesn't even know it exists?

As Christians we must never become complacent that everyone we pass on the street whether on American or foreign soil, has heard what Jesus did for us.  Making Him known is our job.