September 6, 2017
One of the most serious problems in the church today is apathy—especially the lack of concern for people who are lost and can’t find their way to God.
How would you feel if your child were caught in a riptide at the ocean beach, and the lifeguards on shore were so focused on reading novels, talking, playing video games on their cell phones, or flirting with the girls that they failed to hear your child’s cry for help, and your child was swept out to sea and drowned?
That’s how our heavenly Father must feel when we become so preoccupied with our own worldly interests that we are apathetic to the perilous plight of people around the globe who are caught in the riptide of sin and can’t get free.
Jesus came to seek and save the lost, and he considered that an urgent mission.
One day, while Jesus and his apostles were passing through Samaria, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go” (Luke 9:57). Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” In other words, “Count the cost of discipleship. I’m not offering you earthly riches.”
Jesus said to another man, “Follow me.” But the man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead; but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” In other words, “Let the spiritually dead bury the physically dead. We can’t wait. It is urgent that we proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Another man said to Jesus, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” Jesus replied, “No man who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62).
There is no room for apathy in the kingdom of God. Our mission is URGENT! Jesus has called us to action. He is asking us to focus our attention on our mission.
The aim of WEI is to fulfill the Great Commission. Thank you for joining hands with us as we proclaim the kingdom of God in every nation.
—Dick & Maudine Ady
