This morning, October 31, 2011, I heard the news that the United Nations believes that today is the day that our world crossed over the 7 Billion mark in population. In fact, a newborn in the Philippines was celebrated with gifts as that little one that pushed us over. How many is a billion? If you started counting, “1, 2. 3, 4…” and counted one per second, it would take you 37 years to count to a billion. That is a lot of folks.
This reminds me again that about half of the world’s people have little to no access to the good news of Jesus Christ. About one-forth are on course to never hear the name of Jesus through the course of their life.
Christ-followers everywhere need to ponder these facts. Jesus told us to go and make disciples of all peoples. (Matthew 28:19-20) Paul reminds us that faith comes by hearing the word of God, and no one hears unless proclaimers are sent. (Romans 10:13-17)
What does that mean for Christ followers? I could suggest some things for you, but the best thing for any believer to do is to ask God what He wants you to do, then do it.
Monday, October 31, 2011
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