Beyond Remedy!

 

Global news is flooded with catastrophes, natural disasters, riots and man-made threats rendering human devastation beyond remedy. The world seems to run into perpetual chaos shaking everything at its foundation. There is a sense of hopelessness looming despite of relief and rehabilitation work done through Government and religious institutions. Death of family members and loss of job are adding to the woes. We all need God's intervention in this turmoil. Churches are praying for the healing and restoration of the land and God has to show mercy on the entire human race.

Are we able to infer anything from all of this chaos? God is drawing the attention of the entire world towards Him is an undeniable fact. Especially, reminding the Churches to be even more inclined towards His mission. Activities and strategies on reaching the nations are thriving but the actual reaching of the non-Christian world is still comparatively low. With Christendom held up in its own crisis during this time, its focus has stunted to safety zone and the four walls of the Church.

Let us not forget things are moving rapidly to the final culmination. Allow me to reiterate that He is a God of justice and fairness, as His judgement perfectly fits parallel to His divine nature of love. God has not become less gracious or powerless. Things need to culminate. Few Biblical verses which paints the current dreadful scenario are as follows:

“The one who is far off will die by plague; the one who is near will fall by the sword; and the one who remains and is spared will die of famine. In this way I will exhaust my wrath on them." Ezekiel 6:12

“Whoever flees at the sound of panic will fall into a pit, and whoever escapes from the pit will be caught in a trap. For the floodgates on high are opened, and the foundation of the earth are shaken.”. Isaiah 24:18

“It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him. He goes home and rests his hand against the wall only to have a snake bite him. Won’t the day of the Lord be darkness rather than light, even gloom without any brightness in it?” Amos 5:19-20

“What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.” Joel 1:4

We are so used to speaking blessings that sometimes we fail to take heed to the warning messages. All is not well! Each day we are moving closer to the coming of the Lord. Incessant disasters are an alarm of the eleventh hour. I think it is important to accelerate our urgency in the gospel work and sensitize human race.  There are few questions we need to retrospect personally. They are:

>How do we understand a time like this?

>How are we carrying the Mission of God to the Non-Christian world?

>Is our Church really burdened to connect with the Non Christian community? What is the Evangelism growth rate?

>What is satisfying us in a time like this?

>What is hindering us? 

>How are we willing to align our obedience to the Great Commission?

May the Lord prepare us to be effective and faithful workers in His vineyard.!

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