Every Monday morning at family devotion we watch a short video clip about a city in the 10/40 Window that we then pray for the rest of the week. The 10/40 Window is geographically located on the map in the eastern hemisphere between 10 and 40 degrees north latitude and includes most of the world's unreached people and actually, most of the world's people period. 2/3 of the world's population lives in that window. Anyways, today before watching our clip on Pyongyang North Korea, we watched a short clip introducing the 10/40 Window to children. I was watching my kids who were all viewing the video with varying levels of interest, as you might expect, except my son Josh who was completely riveted on the screen. When the narrarator said "most of the people have never heard of Jesus" - he gasped "WHAT?!" and was just so in shock that such a place existed! It is so funny how little minds work - here we are in a place - not in the 10/40 window, but a place where the name of Jesus is used but His message is not understood the way it is revealed in Scripture. That is what motivates me to do the work I do. Joshua, it seems, is motivated by the people that have never heard of Jesus at all! He was indignant, in fact, that such a place should exist. That is the beautiful thing about missions - there is work to be done everywhere and for all different people with all different interests. Humanitarian aid, discipleship, evangelism, prayer and encouragement, on and on - there is something for every Christian to do to be involved in missions. As one good friend of mine says, "Across the street or around the world, the mission is still the same." That is true and yet the mission is also beautifully diverse so that we may all be involved in some way. But, may we all be indignant that there are places where Jesus the Messiah is still not known as He is revealed in the Scriptures.
