September 18, 2008

Pioneer plants, like the lichens and moss above,

can grow in areas where there is little nourishment.
They help to break down or soften up

the areas upon which they grow

providing more nourishment for other plants

thus allowing them to take root and grow.

We too are to be pioneer plants…

providing the Lord’s nourishment

through His Word so that others

may take root in the Lord

and thus also grow in the Spirit.

“The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ,

not the needs of the lost.

We are inclined to look on our Lord

as one who assists us in our endeavors for God.

Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign

and supreme Lord over His disciples.

He does not say that the lost

will never be saved if we don’t go—

He simply says,

‘Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . . .

He says,

Go on the basis of the revealed truth

of My sovereignty, teaching and preaching

out of your living experience of Me.’

- Oswald Chambers

(My Utmost for His Highest)