There are people out there who might perish because they’ve never heard the name Jesus before.
In Romans chapter 10, we find quite possibly the single most important reason to go on a mission trip. Beginning with verse 13, it states, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
But how can people be saved if they’ve never heard the name of Jesus before?
In verse 14 and 15, Paul was essentially asking the church in Rome the same question:
“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent?”
We must ask ourselves: Why is it taking so long for us to spread God’s Word to others who might not otherwise ever get the opportunity to hear the gospel? I believe the answer can be found in 2 Pet. 3: 9, where Peter writes, “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” (2 Pet. 3: 9 ESV)
It is not God’s desire that anyone should perish. However, because he is patient with us, he would never force his will on us either. What it all boils down to is that we are left with a choice. We have to choose whether we will become Christ’s ambassadors. Unfortunately, the fleshly nature often wins out over our willingness to see things from God’s perspective and we forget that we have been bought with a price.
Since we know that it is not God’s will for anyone to perish, I believe that he is patiently waiting for each and every one of us to say, “Here I am, Lord. Send me.”
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