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MISSIONS FIELD
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Acts 16:25-34

Matthew 5:14-16

 

“Let your light so shine before men,

that they may see your good works…”

 

MISSIONS FIELD
 
Every place can be a missions field. Students have their campus as their missions field. Workers have their workplace. Even for those who are converted in prisons, their cells serve as their missions field. As Christians, every place is practically our field of missions. We do not have to go abroad or move to other regions to be regarded as missionaries. We can be a local missionary in our own village!
 
A place to worship God: Wherever God puts us, we can glorify Him there. Paul and Silas who were stuck in the inner part of the prison could still worship and serve the Lord: “… even when they lay bound with fetters, he saith that in prayer they lauded God, whereby it appeareth that neither the reproach which they suffered, nor the stripes which made their flesh smart, nor the stink of the deep dungeon, nor the danger of death, which was hard at hand, could hinder them from giving thanks to the Lord joyfully and with glad hearts” (Calvin).
 
A place to preach God: The jail was also their missions field. When a great miraculous earthquake shook the prison, it opened the doors and loosed the prisoners’ chains. The jailor seeing the situation wanted to end his life but Paul prevented him. Knowing the background of Paul and Silas, the jailor was made ready to receive the gospel. One of the most well-known verses in the Bible follows, as Paul and Silas were quick to answer: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:31).
 
The hearts of the missionaries were ready to worship God in prison for they knew that wherever they were, God had put them there to do His work. The Lord providentially made the place of bondage a place where true freedom was granted. The man who was at the edge of hell was snatched to a secure place, and his loved ones as well. This is the great mercy and grace of God for His elect. He is not limited to save in the synagogues and other places of worship, but even in the most dreaded of places His power to save is boundless!
 
THOUGHT: Am I a light that manifests the glory of God?

PRAYER: Father, grant me the desire to always glorify Thee.

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