Throughout sixty six books of the Bible, God consistently uses ordinary people to accomplish his extraordinary work to redeem a people to Himself. We have an extraordinary opportunity at this point in history to place the Word of God to a world that is hungry for the Word. The movement to Christ in hard places is astounding. We see it in Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim contexts and in post Christian societies. There is a movement toward the Gospel.
While I get excited about the possibilities in our new vision to place one million Bibles, I remind myself every day how impossible this goal is. I’m just a retired guy in the suburbs. How can God use me in impactful ways? You might feel the same way and that’s not bad. God needs us to first recognize our total dependence upon Him to accomplish any meaningful Kingdom work. As I work toward implementing this vision, a daily reminder that “I can’t, but He can” creates the right posture of hard work while leaning totally on Gods enabling power.
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