God Had One Son, and He Made Him a Missionary

David Livingstone was a doctor, missionary, and explorer in Africa. He gave his life to share the gospel in some of the most remote regions on Earth because he believed Jesus's last words were lasting words. He's the one who first said the quote, which is our title today: "God had an only son, and he made him a missionary." All of us, as followers of Jesus, are missionaries. (P.S. David Livingstone was mentioned in a few of the earliest Looney Toons cartoons. Google it!)

Around the breakfast table this morning, my family and I were talking about some themes of the Bible. I had a question that I asked my son, but I was really asking myself. The question is this: "If God went through all that He went through to send His only Son, how do you think God feels when we refuse to go and send and preach the gospel?"

The mission field is around us every day: the people we meet, the people we work for and work with, the customers or classmates. The mission field is also the millions of people who have never heard about Jesus and his first coming. We are closer now to his second coming than ever, but so many have never heard that he came first as a Savior. Let's pray, give, and go, and do all we can to make his name famous among all nations.

Let's be bold and courageous, knowing that He is with us always, even to the end of the age, and that He has all authority wherever we go. He is in control. Let's go make disciples today.