A Renewed Heart for The Nations and a Desire for His Glory

Hey everybody! I truly hope that you had an incredible time with family and friends during the Thanksgiving Holiday! I also hope that you took time to reflect on The Saviors love and what He did on Mt. Calvary, so that we might have life and become righteous through Him. For He is truly The ONLY WAY! I am so grateful for the place God has strategically placed me in my life right now! To be in the midst of people that Love God and devote themselves to the reading of His word is such a HUGE blessing! I am also very grateful for the atmosphere that I work amongst, where co-workers are working hard to reveal the glory and majesty of Jesus Christ!

God works in such mysterious ways! For those that do not know, I work for Southern Seminary as one of the videographers and also as Dr. Mohler's Podcast Engineer. Because of the way the economy is, they were only able to give me part time work hours and so, I have been on the hunt for extra work around the Louisville area to help with bills. It is so easy to look at something as to why only part time rather full time would be offer, when we need more in order to sufficiently supply all the funds per month. I got that answer 2 weeks ago! About 3 weeks ago I found a job opening at a warehouse here in Louisville, which opened quickly! I still found myself questioning why there were only part time hours when I needed more to support me in what I need to pay in bills but like I said, God is at work in EVERYTHING in our lives! Two weeks ago, I began a conversation with a girl named, Nadhal Gabreel, which is a Muslim believer. The following Monday, I found myself with an incredible opportunity to share the gospel! She received it better than I expected and agreed that she had fallen short of God's Commandments. Then, last night I found myself talking to a young guy that is in college. His name is Waseem. He is from India. I asked him what his religion was and he responded Muslim. After that he asked me what I was studying to be, because I mentioned that I was going to school as well. I shared with him that I am studying to be an evangelist/preacher to high school students. He identified with the term pastor and when I asked him if he had ever heard of the gospel, he responded yes. I then asked him, "Waseem, do you know what the gospel is?" He said no. I then asked, "Would you like to here the gospel?" He answered with a very confident, "YES!"

This is what Matthew 28:19-20 says:
[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

I feel as if God has given me a renewed heart for this passage and placing it into the depths of my heart! As the church we can no longer fall into the deception and lie of excuses. The Devil has done an incredible job in convincing Christians into the deception of excuses.
Excuses:
1. I would love to go make disciples of nations but I don't have the money to go...
2. I am afraid that I won't know what to say...
3. What if the one that I am sharing the gospel with, asks a tough Theological question?...
4. I don't know enough about the gospel to share...
5. I don't know where to start...
6. I need to know as much as I can about other religions, before sharing the gospel with a person that believes in anything other than the gospel...

So many excuses that we share. But here is reality! We have been created to Know Him and Make Him Known! And if that is not our goal then why are we here? The very thing that stands as one of the ultimate conflicts for Christians today is also The Most crucial! Sharing the gospel with The Lost. The one's under the Judgment of God. The one's that are making their way to the gate that is Wide! We can no longer preach the excuse that we cannot go to the Nations! Because God has brought the Nations to us! The warehouse that I work in, holds at least 12 to 15 Muslim believers. The rest are carnal sinners that are living for the American Dream! The Nations have come to us! And yet we still make this excuse as if, we that are still in the States, working, have no access to the Nations! Please understand that I am preaching to myself as much as to anyone else!

Hear the words of Romans 10:14-17
[14] How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? [15] And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” [16] But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” [17] So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

We are the ones to tell them! I wanted to write this blog to encourage you as the church to take the gospel boldly and courageously to the lost! Believe that the Spirit will relay the gospel accordingly to those that find themselves standing against God! And use the free time that God blesses you with, to look through the gospel and find ways to make it most simple and concise to those that you encounter. Don't be content with only knowing the gospel but also to reveal it to others as well! We serve a Savior that has conquered death!

Romans 8:35-39 says
35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? [36] As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

[37] No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. [38] For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, [39] nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:32 also says
[32] He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Believe that just as God rose in victory, defeating death, that we as Christians, also share in that victory and that He will always be with us to help aid us unto telling His story to others! We are told that as long as we delight ourselves in the Lord, then He will give us the desires of our hearts! Our True desire should be to see the nations come to know the saving knowledge of the Lord, Jesus Christ! So be BOLD and be Courageous! Don't allow excuses to stand in the way. Instead, stand up and be an ambassador of Jesus Christ. Be a Light to the Darkness and don't just sit back and spectate! We are called to take the Good News to The Nations! And Praise the Lord, He has given the opportunity to be a part of His glory as we share the Good News with the Nations!

Seeking after His heart,
Twiga