Purpose Driven: part 3

Nate Saint one of the five missionaries killed among the Auca Indians gave some insight into what made these men tick.

He writes, "As we weigh the future and seek the will of God, does it seem right that we should hazard our lives for just a few savages? As we ask ourselves this question, we realize that it is not the call of the needy thousands, rather it is the simple intimation of the prophetic Word that there shall be some from every tribe in His presence in the last day and in our hearts we feel that it is pleasing to Him that we should interest ourselves in making an opening into the Auca prison for Christ (Through Gates of Splendor, 171)."

What a picture of evangelism. Evangelism is not a mere duty that we do with much fear; rather, it is a privilege by which we make an opening in a prison of darkness for Christ.

He continued, "As we have a high old time this Christmas may we who know Christ hear the cry of the damned as they hurtle headlong into the Christless night without ever a chance . . . May God give us a new vision of His will concerning the lost and our responsibility . . . If God would grant us the vision, the word sacrifice would disappear from our lips and thoughts; we would hate the things that seem now so dear to us; our lives would suddenly be too short, we would despise time-robbing distractions and charge the enemy with all our energies in the name of Christ (ibid).

That, my friends, is a pray worth of repetition of every Church in America. God give us a vision for the nations, and then we will know what it means to be purpose driven.