Unlimited Potential

As you read this blog I will be in India on a mission’s trip. Our scheduled itinerary will take us to Hyderabad, Vijawada and Bangalore. We will be conducting two crusades, two pastor’s conferences, and prison ministry in a juvenile detention center that houses 150 young boys. As we approach this assignment we realize that opposition can be expected. This country is steeped with the curse of poverty and false religion. The majority of the population lives in deprived surroundings and is blinded by the power of sin. Hinduism represents around 81% of the religious affiliation, while Islam accounts for another 13%. The remaining 6% is divided between other religions with Christianity only accounting for around 2 ½ % or less. This low percentage might result in some saying, “why go when there is so little to work with.” I go thinking about the story of the two shoe salesmen who found themselves working a territory that was very remote and economically challenged. When the two men arrived they saw very few people wearing shoes. One salesman called his home office greatly discouraged. He said, “No one here wears shoes. I don’t expect to make any sales so I am returning home.” The other salesman called his distributer with incredible excitement and said, “Send all the shoes you can. There is unlimited potential here because no one has shoes.” No prognosticator would have predicted success for the disciples as they started to fulfill the great commission. Everywhere they went they immediately encountered religious strongholds, and disbelief. Yet in just a matter of months, they had turned the world upside down with the gospel. I am believing God for the same. I ask that you join our team in prayer helping us to reap a ripe harvest for the kingdom sake.