International (MNN) — Discover these simple steps to see the world through Heaven’s eyes and help bring the Gospel to the unreached.
It’s been two thousand years since Jesus gave the Great Commission, yet millions still haven’t heard His name. If every Christian shared the Gospel with just 3 unreached people, the whole world could hear the Gospel! But real barriers stand in the way.
David Bogosian from the Alliance for the Unreached says, “These 3 billion [unreached] people live in places that are difficult to get to — Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, northern India… These are places where Christian witness is heavily persecuted.”
The good news is that God sends workers into these fields — both local believers and foreigners who have responded to His call. They bring the Gospel of the Kingdom to regions thirsty for truth.
They need your support! Bogosian explains:
“Our job is to pray for those people, to get behind those that are trying to reach them and to stand with God’s people that are on the front lines of this type of witness.”
Heaven’s perspective on the world builds faith (photo courtesy of Maksim Shutov via Unsplash)
Yet, often our daily troubles distract us from God’s greater work. World news can seem unbearable and the future hopeless — yet this is exactly what Jesus’s disciples experienced!
“Jesus wanted to lift their eyes,” says Bogosian, “above all of that, to see what God is doing, to see what Heaven sees!”
There are three steps we can take to gain Heaven’s perspective:
- Pray for God to give you His vision for the world — “We need to ask God to give us a global vision, a heart that sees the world the way that he sees it. And God will do that.”
- Learn about these nations: from open sources, testimonies, active workers— “So learn about the nations, learn about what God is doing.”
- Act — “The third thing is get involved. Action fuels prayer!”
When we begin to see from Heaven’s perspective, our faith grows, and we recognize how deeply Christ’s message transforms individuals, communities, and even nations. Then we pass that message forward.
“We’re God’s people. We are His hands and His feet, and this is what Jesus was doing. Jesus went out to seek and to save the lost,” says Bogosian.
Be part of Christ’s global rescue plan! Visit the Alliance for the Unreached to learn more.
Header photo courtesy of Roman Melnychuk via Unsplash.
