The Call To Missions

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” Isaiah 6:8

Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He declared to the disciples that He has taken back all the authority which Adam had lost to Satan because of the Fall. He then commissioned His disciples and all believers to commit to the great task of bringing the gospel to the whole world (Matt. 28:18-20). Indeed, Jesus is coming back again. But before He does so, the gospel must be preached to all the peoples of the world (24:14).

God’s desire is that all men would come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:9 says, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” But how shall the unbelievers believe in Him unless there is a preacher (Rom. 10:14)? The question that Isaiah heard in his vision is still ringing from heaven today: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?”

World missions is the responsibility of every believer. The purpose of Pentecost is for world missions (Acts 1:8). When the 11 disciples of Jesus were endued with power from on high, they went everywhere preaching the gospel with signs and wonders accompanying. In one generation, they brought the gospel message to the entire known world. In these last days, God is again pouring out His Spirit upon His people for one reason—that we might bring the gospel message to the world.

In Luke 19:44, Jesus talks about His first coming, that Jerusalem did not know the time of their visitation. The word “time” (Gr. kairos) means a time of opportunity. Jesus could come back anytime now in our generation. He is delaying His second coming for one and one reason alone: So that more and more people will have a chance to hear the gospel and be given the opportunity to believe on Him for salvation. Let us therefore recognize the kairos time of opportunity that we have now to witness for Christ. Because the day will come when Jesus will appear for the second time and, by then, it will be too late.

The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Jesus is the Lord of the harvest and He is sending more laborers into the harvest fi eld. He said of Himself, “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work” (John 9:4). Will you be a laborer of the harvest like Jesus? Will you respond like Isaiah, “Here am I! Send me”? Decide to make every soul-winning opportunity count. Seize every kairos moment to share the gospel and be a witness for Jesus!