God can use the obedience of one believer to transform neighborhoods and nations. He does it every day in unexpected places, and I want to share with you the story of one man, one of our national partners, whom God is using in an extraordinary way.
Four years ago, Deepak attended a training session focused on evangelism and church planting instructed by another East-West national partner in his country. Since then he’s ignited a church planting movement across his nation by the power of the Holy Spirit working through his life.
Equipped to Share
“And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.” - 2 Timothy 2:2
The principal behind East-West’s training can be found in 2 Timothy 2:2. Our missionaries and national partners are dedicated to studying and sharing the Word of God and always training other believers to do the same.
Because when they pass their knowledge to other believers, God’s Kingdom grows.
At the East-West training Deepak attended, the urgency of Jesus’s command to “go and make disciples” resonated in his heart and he responded in obedience. Deepak is now equipped and daily meets with nonbelievers in his community to share the gospel and train new believers to evangelize and plant churches.
The Results of Obedience
In a mere four years, God has used Deepak in remarkable ways.
Using the house church structure modeled by the early Church in the Book of Acts, Deepak has planted over 2,600 house churches in South Asia… proving that there is immeasurable power to impact an entire region when we submit to God’s commands and allow His Spirit to guide our lives.
And these churches are not content with simply gathering together. Filled with the same urgency to share Jesus with the lost as Deepak, they continually evangelize their communities. In the first quarter of last year, these churches boldly stepped out in faith to share the Good News of Jesus with hundreds of thousands people, despite the risk of oppression and persecution.
Even Greater Things
“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” –John 14:12
Deepak’s faithfulness as an ambassador for the gospel of Jesus Christ testifies that these words of Jesus are indeed true. And His promise to use believers for “even greater things” than what He accomplished while on earth are true for you and me as well.
Because of the Spirit of God living in you, you have the power to create a ripple effect that ushers countless multitudes into an eternity with the God who loves them.
All it takes to access His divine power is to obediently do the work that He has called each one of us to do in our own neighborhoods and around the world—go and make disciples.
Will you let God use you to build His Kingdom?
