Seven Billion... And Counting

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.