The Apostle John tells us that the heart of God is for His world.

“For God so loved the world that He gave his Only begotten son, that whoever should believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

Humans reflect some of that concern for others too. Think of it, all around us are trained, equipped and motivated people whose job and life ambition is to rescue those in trouble.

For example, we train therapists to help people in emotional need, counselors to help those in marriage trouble. We have lawyers to defend the rights of victims. Firemen run into burning buildings to save people, pets and possessions.

We rely on police to protect citizens and help the legal system remove dangerous people from society. We have EMTs to help people in medical emergencies as well as doctors and nurses for those who are sick. And the list goes on…

But the questions to be asked and answered are these: ”How are we doing? How is society? Are we making headway in averting problems or are we just providing a temporary reprieve?”

When you look at life horizontally, it is obvious that pain, problems and panic remain. We have not seen any decrease in emotional stress, divorce, accidents, dangerous incidents, crime, sickness or disease. Yet God’s heart is still for His world!

What do we need?

We need exactly what God already provided.

When God decided to rescue those He created and loves, He didn’t send a therapist, a policeman, a lawyer or a doctor. He sent a Redeemer.

Mankind does not need another social solution to its persistent problems; we need a Savior! We need someone bigger than ourselves who can help us now and fix us forever. That person, we all know, is Jesus.

Therefore, what I believe we need to do — besides train and send professional problem solvers — is remind people of this fact. After we provide temporary help to the troubled, we need to turn their attention upward to Him.

The best gift we can give the world, especially those we know and love, is the gospel. Salvation is the only solution for ultimate safety for a hurting world and dying populace.

Providing knowledge of that gift is what this mission, Master’s Men, is completely devoted to doing.

Please join us in prayer as we launch our new evangelism initiative with the local church known as M3.

We will present this easy-to-use method for small group evangelism at the Catalyst conference this October 7-9 in Atlanta, GA. We are asking God to give us 1% of the pastors present, 120 churches (12,000 will be there) to appreciate and utilize this men’s outreach and church growth tool. Our desire is the Lord’s who “desires all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth… that none perish but that all come to repentance” (1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9). Please pray for the success of this tool that we might give to the Lord a greater harvest in Christ before He comes.

Purposefully,

Jim Cote