8b) GOING ABROAD ARROWS
Jesus said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest" (Matthew 9:37-38).
There was a time when American missionaries seemed to be prolific in all the nations of the earth. These days have changed somewhat. There does not seem to be the same urgency to evangelize the world. I remember church days as a young man. There was such a strong emphasis on reaching the lost and getting people saved as well as sending forth missionaries to make disciples for Christ in far off distant lands. Today, many of the missionaries from needy fields have had to return home through the lack of support.
Not only do we need to pray that God would send forth laborers into the harvest, but we first need to pray for Christians to fill their quivers full of arrows.
It is imperative for the church to take back the truth which we have lost through the deception that children should be limited through the means of contraception, sterilization, and abortion. We must wake up to the truth that we are not only limiting children through these means, but we limit "arrows" for God's army, apostles, prophets, pastors, evangelists, and teachers. And of course the godly workforce that even in the smallest sense can greatly influence the vote, and in the widest sense, can greatly influence the nation with their every day righteous witness for Christ.
Men, we not only need arrows to go abroad to distant lands, but we need arrows to go abroad, right here in our own country.
Be encouraged. Colin Campbell