Witness of church blessings
Romans 16:3~4 "Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them."
♬ Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #446 I Need Thee Every Hour (#500 in previous version)
God’s greatest plan for us is to save the people we meet. His plan is also for us to stand in church as a witness of blessings. How do we make a resolution knowing that we have been called for this task? God’s time schedule revolves around His plan for salvation. His desire is for us to spread the correct evangelism movement. If evangelism is what God desires the most, we must make a lifelong resolution regarding evangelism.
1. Lifelong resolution
God has a plan to save souls through evangelism. Today, our resolution regarding evangelism must align with God’s plan. The Early Church staked their lives on evangelism. The members of the Early Church made a lifelong resolution about how they would evangelize. It was at that point that God granted them the greatest answers. The couple Priscilla and Aquila were representative people who were greatly used for the Early Church. They helped the Early Church and evangelists and they even went to Rome to evangelize. If you make a lifelong resolution today, doors of answers will open up.
2. Realistic resolution
When we make a lifelong resolution, it must have a realistic foundation. This foundation is the resolution of prayer. If you continue with scheduled prayer, then your feelings and personal motives disappear. If you do scheduled prayer, you can receive God’s accurate answer. If you restore continuous prayer, you will not be afraid in the field and you can confirm all your answers. Specifically, if you restore prayer in worship, the pulpit message will be revived and the Word you hold on to will begin to be fulfilled. Because God lives, He is in control over everyone’s lives and in particular, watches over evangelists.
3. Personal contract
God has a plan for each of us individually. He also has a plan for this age. Holding on to these truths, if we do the most important, obvious, and necessary things, there should be no problems. God’s greatest desire is for us to evangelize in this age. God will raise us up as disciples who make a lifelong resolution to evangelize without being looked down upon.
- Today, as you think of evangelism, do you have a resolution to evangelize? Meditate on your resolution to evangelize.
World Business Conference Camp Training Lecture 2 / 2010.4.20