Christ travelled to the earth below and left behind His throne above; No distance was too great for Him because He was compelled by love.
Read Matthew 9:35-38
For several years, I’ve corresponded with a pastor in Nepal who often travels with his church members to distant communities in the Himalayas to preach and plant churches. Recently he sent me his itinerary for the following week and asked me to pray.
His busy schedule revealed that over the course of a week he planned to travel by motorcycle about 160 kilometres (100 miles) to several cities to preach and hand out gospel tracts.
I wondered at the great distances my friend would cover over the mountainous terrain and I wrote to ask how he was holding up. He replied, “We had a wonderful time marching in the mountains with our church members. All do not have motorcycles… so we all walked. It was a blessed time. Still more places to go.” And then I was reminded of how “Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom.” (vs 35).
I thought of my own reluctance to drive across town in the snow to visit a lonely widow; to walk across the street to help my neighbour; to answer a knock on the door from a needy friend when I’m busy; to go any time, any place, any distance for the sake of love. And I thought of our Lord, for whom no distance is too great.
Prayer:
¥ Remember a Christian mother-of-five, who also remains in a Pakistan prison on blasphemy charges. Pray for her release.
¥ Pray that this teenager girl’s case will prompt an re-evaluation and abolition of Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
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