Happy Easter from Frontiers!
What makes this an especially happy Easter?
It’s special because today, more Muslims are coming to faith than in any previous time. In numbers greater than ever before, believers from Muslim backgrounds are lifting their voices today, saying, “Jesus is risen! He is risen indeed.”
In one Middle Eastern city, a hundred new fellowships of Muslim-background followers of Jesus are getting started. This is a new day for which Frontiers field workers have long awaited.
It’s also special because there are record numbers of Frontiers workers on the field, inviting Muslims to believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior.
But it’s too soon to celebrate, too soon to quit. There are great expanses of the Muslim world where no Christians, no missionaries, and no churches yet exist.
That should not be.
The promises of the Bible persuade us to keep going farther—to keep expanding the boundaries of God’s Kingdom into every tribe, language, people, and nation.
Consider the millions of Muslims living in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Uttar Pradesh is the same size as the state of Michigan. But Michigan has 10 million residents, while Uttar Pradesh has over 200 million. In fact, if Uttar Pradesh were a country, it would be the fifth largest in population, with 50 million more people than Russia.
There is no Easter among the multitude of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. Not yet.
I think of the number of unengaged Muslim peoples in Northeast Africa.
We’ve done the math: there are 184 unengaged Muslim people groups in Chad, Sudan, and South Sudan.
Hear the call of Jesus in Matthew 9:38, and pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into these countries in the heart of Africa.
Consider the Muslims in Arab countries of the Middle East. On my desk sits the names of 50 cities in the region that have no messengers of the Gospel.
We will not rest until all have heard the Good News—until there are fellowships of disciples of Christ Jesus planted among Muslims everywhere.
Thank you for partnering with us in this great life-saving effort to recruit, train, and send new teams of Gospel messengers to the unengaged peoples of the Muslim world. Because of you, the light of the Gospel is shining in more Muslim homes than ever before. Together, we can complete the work Jesus has given to His people.
Jesus said, “I have glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do” (John 17:4).
Pray with me this happy Easter day that we might glorify God by completing the work He has given us to do in the time remaining.
One day a great multitude of Muslims will turn to Christ. Why not now? Why not before next Easter? Pray that it might be so.
Let’s expect great things from God—the One who gave His beloved Son to deliver a final blow to the curse of death. Together, we attempt great things for God, whose praise will be on the lips of Muslims everywhere.
Original article: FrontiersUSA.org/blog/article/a-happy-easter-for-muslims
