We Have to Be God’s Arm and Ambassadors of Redemption To Others
Genesis 14:1-16
What happened in Genesis 14? We look again at Lot as he lived in a beautiful but morally toxic geographic area. Lot suddenly found himself and all his family taken captive. Disobedience opened the door to destruction and that is as true today as it was then. All those who choose disobedience open the door to destruction. But God is a Redeemer, and He redeems people who fall into failure! Over and over again the Bible teaches that even if we make harmful choices, the God of our Family is big enough to intervene and save us. If we find ourselves there, let us remember that there is a repentance pathway that will help us do an about-face and return to the right path. When Lot and those of his city were taken captive and dragged away by a foreign army, Abraham armed everyone in his camp. Because he was responsible for bringing Lot along, God sent him on the journey of redemption. Abraham fought for Lot and his family, and he retrieved every person and all belongings of all the captives. Abraham redeemed Lot from the trouble he initiated by his own harmful choices. That is the God we serve! If we have family or friends stuck in the midst of their own harmful choices, God is in the business of redeeming! Whatever calamity or devastation it takes to bring loved ones to the place they will yield to God; rest assured God is well able to do it. God redeemed us and we have to be the arm of redemption to others – even people groups in places where we would never choose to go. We are God’s agents of redemption, and we must shoulder it just as Abraham did.
Example of an Unreached People Group in Nigeria.
- Pray for the Bade people in Nigeria -they practice a mixture of Animism and Islam. PRAY for Bade people group to submit to the one true shepherd, Jesus. They live mostly in Nigeria\’s northern Yobe and Jigawa states, which are subject to the terrors of Boko Haram. POPULATION: 394,000 LANGUAGE: Bade RELIGION: Islam, BIBLE: only Portions -STATUS of Bade tribe: Unreached. Let us be the hands and heart of God on behalf of redemption!
- Specifically pray that that conference will meet Heaven’s expectations concerning the church in our land.
- Prophesy to the lives of everyone to hear the voice of God clearly concerning their individual “mission field”.
- Pray that through this conference, new missionaries will emerge and fresh fire for soul winning will come upon everyone.
- Pray that more ministry and churches will come to identify with the AWMC