My Pastor sent me a quote this morning that’s messing me up. It’s about missions. It signifies the type of attitude that will be indicative of a radical generation full of faith and power:
“There are no closed countries if you don’t expect to come back.”
What if there arose a whole company of men and women, Nazarites who cared not for their lives, even unto death? What if these men and women would blaze a trail into the remaining frontiers of the Earth and take the gospel where it had never gone?
What if we really cared about the nations and loved them enough to spill our own blood in the pursuit of the high calling? This is the type of attitude that will open up the heavens and result in the nations being turned to the Lord.
In our military, Special Forces soldiers frequently go behind enemy lines to conduct missions that are deemed critical to the war effort. The cause is just and good; the defense of our nation. They willingly risk their lives to carry out the intent of those who have been raised up as leaders, sometimes not even understanding the bigger picture of what’s really going on around them.
How much more should we be devoted to the cause of Christ? Is there any higher calling than to infiltrate kingdoms of darkness with the light of the one true God? Are we really willing to pay that price? Do we really believe in the kingdom as much as these soldiers believe in America? I pray that God would begin to raise up Spiritual Special Forces soldiers to carry the gospel behind enemy lines. Lord, call forth the Nazarite Corps!
It is written, “To live is Christ and to die is gain.”
