Who Were the Missionaries?
As I reflect back on this whole experience I wonder, who were the real missionaries that day? Maybe that is why Jesus said, speaking to the church members of His day, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you (Matthew 21:31). Maybe you think this was an isolated incident, but I think not. We, as a people, send hundreds of thousands of dollars to missions and for the support of missionaries, yet at the same time we can become so blind as to not see a mission opportunity when it is right at our door. In fact, if we are honest we will realize that in the past the Lord has sent someone to our own church, work place, or even home, whose heart was needing someone to talk to, or who was looking for spiritual answers, and we were too blind or too busy to see, or maybe simply didn t want to see, the missionary opportunity knocking that moment. Are you a missionary? Well, no, I m not. I ve never been involved in ministry, you might reply. Our
