Romans 10:16-17 reminds us that before you can have a messenger, there must be someone that is willing to be sent. But make no mistake about it, as it is God who sends and equips those He sends with the message.
I’ve been reminded to make sure that we continue to “fish for men” in the freshwater lake of the “un-churched,” and not the pond known within Christianity as, the pond of “catch and release”!
In verses 16-17 we are given the basis of the Church’s missionary program, but first it stood as the only way Israel could be saved, which is calling upon the name of the Lord.
A veteran missionary once said there are four reasons why the church must send out missionaries:
•Mark 16:15 “Go into all the earth”: The command from above!
•Luke 16:27 “Send him to my father’s house”: The cry from beneath!
•Acts 16:9 “Come over and help us”: A call from without!
•2 Cor. 5:14 “The love of Christ constrains us”: A constraint from within!