by dan robling
We send missionaries all over the world to bring things to the needy. As they travel to far away places to serve the needy, they drive past and fly over the greatest mission field on earth.....our neighborhoods and our country.
Our nation is perishing in sin and immorality, an estrangement from God. Of course God is here. We just will not let him near us.
We are all called to be missionaries. Our mission field is outside our front door. It may begin in our homes. Yes, we need to travel to the remotest areas to reach some of the needy. But, if we do not conquer the evil that surrounds us, we will not continue to be free or continue to have resources to venture anywhere.
We, as a nation, killed three million babies last year and are proud to say that is less than in previous years. Most children's heroes are evil. Look at the movies we let them view. Listen to the music we let them listen to. Check the history of sites they have visited on the Internet........ Ignoring evil does not make evil good, tolerable, or less evil.
Nations like China are not afraid to compete with us economically or militarily. They do not want us in their country because they are afraid that we will contaminate their cultures. The reason they are afraid we will contaminate their cultures is because we ARE contaminating their cultures.
I spend several days a week with teenagers. Most of them are orphans. Many live in fine houses and have parents, but there is usually nobody at home. Most of their parents are somewhere chasing wealth and/or other interests. Large numbers of our kids, in the pain and anguish of neglect, are self-medicating and/or looking to other sources for attention and identity.
WE are missionaries called by Christ to bring understanding of his love and compassion to the world. Our world begins at our address and extends to every place we go in the course of each day.
We must speak the words and exemplify his goodness and love. The beginning of the end of our beloved nation has begun. You and I are likely looking for someone to blame. Each time I look in the mirror I see a person to blame.
I challenge you to look in a mirror right now. Talk to yourself. Mention the last time you spoke of Christ's love to someone....anyone. Mention the last time that you took the time to be a child's hero. Mention the last time you stood up to evil. Speak of your highest five priorities in order, the most important to the least important.
Now look away from the mirror. Look up into the face of God and tell him that you are doing your part as his missionary. Listen to God's reply.