Expect a battle. This is a search and rescue mission. The blessings of being a faithful and obedient servant and the excitement of seeing souls rescued will be the most rewarding thing you have ever done in your life. But remember, this mission is going on in the middle of a battlefield. This battle has been going on since the beginning of time, and it is against good and evil. (Ephesians 6:12) "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (1 Peter 5:8) "…the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour". Therefore we must (1 Peter 1:13) "…Gird up the loins of (our) mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

The Apostle Paul said this in Romans 8:38-39, "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." We can make it. He will help and we have fellow believers there to help us. This is not an every man for himself mission.  We are our brother's keeper! We are responsible for others! I heard this statement made at a funeral one time. The preacher said, "People will do one of three things with their lives. , they will waste, spend, or invest them." Many people waste their lives. They live from day to day but have nothing or no one to show for it.  The second group he mentioned spends their lives, they work hard, they gather all they can, and they play hard, they enjoy life to the fullest.  Then there is the third class. They invest their lives. They sacrifice their time, their money, and their families in order to help others.  As members of God's Search and Rescue Team, we need to fall into the third class of people. Heaven will be worth the investment.   

The Devil is not going to sit quietly while we spread the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; however, while we might have to endure the battle, we have already won the war through Jesus's death, burial, and most of all His resurrection from the dead. (Philippians 4:13) "I cando all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Now it's time to start getting excited. Let's expect a harvest! (John 4:35-38) "Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest." (Matthew 22:9) "Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage." (Revelations 22:17 "… The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will let him take the water of life freely." The gift of Salvation is free and it is for whosoever will. That takes in you and me and whoever we may come in contact with.  God is sending us out on this mission and he has warned us to: (Matthew 26:41) "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (John 16:33) "…In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." (1 John 5:4-5) "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.  Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" We are overcomers in Jesus. The book of Revelations gave many promises to them that overcomer:

·         "…To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." (Revelations 2:7)

·         "…He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." (Revelations 2:11)

·         "…To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hiddenmanna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." (Revelations 2:17)

·         "…he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations." (Revelations 2:26)

·         "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment, and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels." (Revelations 3:5)

·         "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name." (Revelations 3:12)

·         "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." (Revelations 3:21)  

We have overcome. We have already won the victory.  Now as Search and Rescue Team members, let us enter into the mission field and spread the Good News, the Gospel of our Salvation. Let us tell it to Every Creature. This is our reasonable service!  May God bless you and be with you in your Search and Rescue efforts.  



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