There is no nation that is outside the reach of God. “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him” (Psalm 24:1, NLT). We cannot divide the world according to religions and then claim “the Middle East is Muslim,” we should just let go or “the Indian subcontinent is Hindustan.” The declaration of the Bible is true: “the earth is the Lord’s.” No one but the Lord owns all the earth, and He did say that all the world shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
We cannot expect the return of the Lord until the perfection of all things; until the whole world hears the gospel as a witness to all nations (Matthew 24:14). The Lord is not joking when He said: “Go and make disciples of all nations …” The discipling of all nations of the earth is not an optional call left for a few missionaries. It is a mandate given to the whole church in the whole world.
Recall that God’s mandate to Israel was to take all of Canaan. The Book of Judges made it clear that the Israelites left the project unfinished. In fact in Joshua 13:1, the Lord reprimanded Joshua. He was old and there were still many lands to conquer. God gave him a list of all the unconquered nations. The Joshua generation gave all kinds of excuses. “The Canaanites there had iron chariots; the other Canaanites are stubborn and too strong for us.” But God would not take their excuses. The result of this unfinished project was a generation that was changed by the remaining Canaanites. Israel worshipped the idols of Canaan instead of Canaanites worshipping the God of Israel.
It is the same with the church today. We give our excuses: “The Muslims are too difficult to reach.” “We are not strong enough, good enough, young enough, rich enough, strategic enough, …” The excuses continue. The need today is of men and women who will stand up and say “Give us the nations as the Lord promised us.” We must not limit where God reaches. All we have to do is to follow Him. Whether we act or not the Lord will take the whole nations for Himself. It is a privilege He has given us to be part of His laborers, who will disciple all nations for Christ. There is no nation outside the reach of God.
The kings of the earth may gather and decide that Christianity is no longer for the world. They may want to break the bonds and say that their allegiance to God is over. They may legislate Christianity out of their nations or make sin legal. But remember that “He who sits in the heavens will laugh and have them in derision.” We cannot accept the evil decrees of the nations. Every nation must bow to Jesus Christ. They have no choice. There is no nation too big or too small for God. The nations are His; none is outside His reach.
I counsel that we sit with God, and let Him give us the strategy of discipling all nations for Christ. May He guide us to understand how to reach Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Janis, nominal Christians, Atheists, and so on. There is no one God cannot reach. He loves all, and He is willing to bless all. Please do not think there are nations God cannot reach, for no nation is off the radar of the Most High God
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I have had the pleasure of working with millions for Christ missions. the theology and dimensions of operations line up with God’s absolute will. I have always been a part of the escapades that have gone on over the years as I took part as from 2001 up until now. The work is enormous and God enjoins everyone of us to be a part of it. Just like the Israelites took cities, god wants us to take nations for himself. I am taking a personal challenge to create an awareness in the state of Minnesota.
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