When I was a child, my parents began working as literature evangelists to
support our family and pay for my father’s education at Princeton
Theological Seminary. My mother usually returned from canvassing after
my sister and I went to bed, but on some nights Dad allowed us to stay
up and wait for her.
The three of us would stand in front of the glass doors that led onto
the veranda of our second-story apartment and watch the headlights of
the cars that turned onto our road, hoping each one was Mom.
To pass time, we guessed how many cars would turn onto our road before
Mom arrived. As the number of cars approached our guess, we watched with
increasing interest, exclaiming, “Hey, those look like Mom’s
headlights!” When Mom finally arrived, everyone would run to meet her
shouting, “Mom’s home! Mom’s home!”
Why is it so important that we believe passionately in the nearness of
Christ’s return? First, the nearness of His coming and the uncertainty
of its exact day and hour motivate us to watch expectantly. Also, the
great work that remains to be done forces us to pray for the impossible.
Jesus said, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers
into his harvest.”
If you, like Christ, are touched by the unreached masses of our time,
pray the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth a host of laborers
to the peoples of remote lands, hostile cultures and closed countries.
Pray for the impossible and unlock the power of God.—John Lello
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