We endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
(1 Corinthians 9.12
NRSV)
A few years ago a group of Christian musicians traveled to Russia to proclaim the gospel in word and music. They had the privilege of taking their talents to Moscow during the Russian Orthodox Easter. They met in the Palace of Congress where the Supreme Soviet had met for years. It was a massive room, with the enormous oversize picture of Lenin hung in the front for all to see. Except that day Lenin's portrait was covered. In that massive hall the gospel message of Jesus Christ was preached to a huge gathering of Christians and non Christians alike. The hall was filled with majestic music and Christ's message of forgiveness and grace was broadcast by television to millions of viewers throughout Russia. For the American Christians who made this trip it was a service they would never forget.
On Sunday afternoon the group went into Red Square and distributed more than a hundred thousand pamphlets that told the message of Jesus Christ, including Testaments and Bibles in the language of the Russian people. They were warned against doing that too aggressively, not because the authorities were opposed to it, but because they might be mobbed by people starving for more information about Christ.
I believe the response those musicians received in Moscow is but a foreshadowing of the way the whole world will one day move. There will come a time when Christ will rule over all. In the meantime let us look outward, let us look upward, and let us look forward.
Dear God, may I hunger for you and hunger to share your word. Amen.
Ron Newhouse
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