HEAD HUNTERS AND BLOW DARTS

As a kid I loved Mission’s Conferences.  They were wild.  They are pretty tame now.  Years ago we had missionaries from the inner jungles of Africa, or Indonesia, who put all kinds of curios on tables native to the tribes they were ministering to.  Machetes, snake skins, necklaces made out of teeth, coins from their country.  All kinds of cool stuff.  I remember one guy shot darts from a blow gun popping balloons tacked to the pulpit and told stories about headhunters and cannibals.

The exciting thing is that so many of those tribes have been evangelized.  Their hearts have been changed by Jesus.  Love replaced revenge, compassion replaced vindictiveness, harmony and brotherhood replaced treachery and murder.

And we rejoice in all that because these people really needed Jesus.

But things are tamer now.  We don’t hear about the stone age people.  We hear about the city people, the rural people, the rich, the poor.  They’re not as savage, but the condition of their hearts are still the same.  Rebellious, confused, in bondage, lost, hurting, hopeless.  Their needs are just the same.  They need a Savior. 
I praise God for our workers who enter into the hard and challenging areas of today’s world.  We may not see the curios anymore, or have demonstrations of blow guns, but we hear the commitment, the sacrifice, the passion.  Our workers’ heart bleed for the lost and they are investing their lives to bring the hope of Jesus.  

We wrap up Missions Week Sunday.  To our CCC’ers I implore you to be committed in prayer and giving so that our partnership with those serving overseas can accomplish the mission of bringing the gospel to every tribe, tongue and nation.

Get on a missionaries email list so you can receive prayer requests and updates first hand.  Fill out a Faith Promise Card committing to give generously to the Great Commission Fund.  This is our week to keep climbing higher.