Jesus is coming soon, sooner than some people think, I assure you! Never has there been a greater need to reach out to people like there is now. Winning our world for Jesus must be in the true sense of God’s love and care for them; it must be with a sincere heart. Our relationship with people must be built in such a way that the love of God is vividly communicated. This is what the world longs and hungers for: genuine, caring relationships, void of prejudice, superstitions, sentiments or past experiences.
The world is so big and the people living in it so diverse in language, culture, race and colour. The early missionaries who took the message of faith all over the world traveled far without knowing the kind of people they would meet in their journeys. The only thing they knew was a burning desire to take this message to every creation and the love of God in their hearts for humanity. Their journeys took them across continents to the utmost heights of civilization and the lowest depths of savagery. Some became ill due to the unfavourable climatic conditions; some died being wearied by their journeys, while others were killed by wild animals and those they took the gospel to. These were heroes of the faith and we must emulate their sincerity and genuine love for God and people.
You must let go your pride, prejudice, bigotry or chauvinism. Leave behind the superstitions you’ve believed about certain groups, races, cultures or people. The Lord Jesus said, “…Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15), He didn’t distinguish tribes, races, cultures and colours. As far as He is concerned, all men are the same and their redemption has been purchased by one divine blood.
