A little over thirty years ago I remember walking into a choir class in ninth grade and meeting other students that had a love for singing. It was a new school for me, and so I was eager to make friends and I thought taking that class would be a good way to do that.
Little did I know that that decision changed my eternity, because in that class I met my friend Gail who shared with me about Jesus. She told me how much he loved me, and how he wanted to know me personally. I was HOOKED...
A few weeks after Gail told me about the love of Jesus and how I could know him personally, she was able to smuggle me a bible. I had asked my mom for a bible and she refused to get me one. My friend Gail then brought me one in the school library one morning and that was it...I was head over heels in love with the Word of God. I got up early every day to read my bible and pray, and then I took a passage of scripture I was going to memorize that day with me to school and I told all of my friends.
I didn't know it at the time, but what I was doing was evangelizing. Everywhere I went I was telling someone, ANYONE, pretty much everyone I could about Jesus and what he did. And what I found was that it was amazing how many people already knew this great news, but never told me about it!
I also found that there were people who didn't know about Jesus and they wanted to! That kept me excited and eager to share.
So when I read a story today about Christian persecution and how only about two percent of the population in Pakistan makes up the Christian church, I am THRILLED! According to Mission Network News and their sources the church in Pakistan is strong and PASSIONATE about reaching their country for Jesus Christ! How cool is that!
I think it is completely cool to know that my brothers and sisters in Pakistan love their country enough to go out and share the gospel. It made me wonder, if Christians in America were only two percent of the population, would WE be as passionate to share the good news with our country? I hope so!
America has been truly blessed by the Lord, as we see our wealth, natural resources and of course the thousands of Christian churches across this great land. Now imagine what could happen if the majority of us Christians in America had the passion of the two percent of the church in Pakistan.
Pray today for revival for America and especially that we would not only share the gospel of Christ, but emulate our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ who put their lives on the line doing that which we can do without fear of death.
