Saturday March 19, 2011

Read Daniel 8:15-27

Our gathered worship should inspire mission! Huh? Read it again slowly. Our gathered worship should inspire mission!  As we focus on Daniel 7 – 8 you begin to get a sense of God’s oversight of control and sovereignty.  That confidence in God should spur us on to get the good news out into the globe.

In Acts 18:10  the Lord told Paul that he had many people in that city. Paul was to continue bravely and fearlessly preaching the gospel. God still has many people to save. He’s calling you and I to bravely and fearlessly preach the Word. He’s calling us to unashamedly make disciples for Jesus. Knowing that God is sovereign, you can go forth in confidence and victory.  Be it in your own backyard, in the state or this nation or even overseas, you can be sure that God will use you powerfully to grow His kingdom as you step out in faith.  Sharing the gospel is relatively easy.  You can open up doors of conversation by serving people with their needs. You can invite them to church or to a function and then talk to them about what they heard. You can give them a gospel book or even a Bible and then talk to them about what they read.

These kinds of tactics sound scary and often we don’t want to take that extra step. A series of “what ifs” enter our head. What if Jack doesn’t like me? What if Jill doesn’t want to be my friend anymore? What if I get the sack. These what ifs are simply excuses to stop us from stepping out in faith.  God is sovereign. No plan of His can be thwarted. No person or situation will out smart God or catch Him out. You can step out in faith fully confident that God will use you and bless your efforts for His name.

I urge you in  the Lord to step out in faith. Invite that non believer to church tomorrow. Make a time to sit over coffee and speak to them about Jesus. Buy them a Christian gospel book and ask them to read it. Step out in faith. Step out in courage and let God work powerfully through you.

Prayer:-

þ Pray that God will grow the faith of everyone in your congregation. Pray that we’ll see God powerfully at work among us and through us as we seek to reach the community of Toowoomba and further abroad for Christ. Pray that we will be able to lead many people into the kingdom.

Pray that each and every person in your congregation would be humble and obedient.