Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God

One of the greatest missionary William Cary has ones said:” Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God”

In Jesus Christ our Lord we want to do great things. But we all know that great things does not happen in a day. It takes time and efforts. Just like the crop in the farm. It takes lot of efforts, time and energy before farmer take the crop home. The runner in 100 meter race gets Gold medal in Olympics. But he or she has to do lot of hard work and practice before that happen. We also want to do something for our Lord. Paul tells Corinthians in I Cor 9:24-26 “Run in such a way as to get the prize”

We all know that our country need Jesus. We know that people are going away from Jesus. We know our children are growing up in a very ungodly atmosphere. The schools don’t want to talk about “God”. And if someone talk about their faith in public places, then he is being sued. Like we are living in a country where “Jesus’ name” is prohibited or crime.

What can we do? Can we just sit down and wait for whatever happen? Can we just sit down and do nothing?

Remember the early church. When Jesus was taken to heaven what were all the disciple and other followers doing?  Acts 1: 12-14. They were patient and they were praying. Then Holly Spirit came and thousands of people came to Christ. The church begin to grow. Even though there were persecution but it did not stop the church to grow. Today we are in time we have to do just that. Let us be patient and pray. Because when we pray:

·         We are showing everybody that we are one in Christ.

·         We are showing our faith in Jesus Christ alone and not any one or any thing.

·         We are waiting for God to work ( no matter how long it takes)

·         We are giving mental and spiritual strength to other believers.

Our God is an awesome God and when He works no one has the power to stop it. Let us continue to pray and let us keep faith that He will bring this country back to Him.