Bravery, humility, and determination. These were the qualities that our Savior displayed as he began his final journey to Jerusalem. He would enter the city on a wave of popular (if misguided) support, to cheers of "Hosanna!" A few short days later, he would be taken outside the city, bearing his own cross, with the mob crying out, "Crucify Him!" At the start of this final journey from Galilee to his death, the Savior "...sent messengers ahead of him...to make preparations for him." Even at this late date his purpose was to preach the Gospel of the kingdom of God, and his ambassadors were the disciples who believed in him.
Our Savior is doing much the same today. He is sending his disciples ahead of him, "to make preparations for him," before he arrives a second time in glory. As his ambassadors, we share the Word of God which reveals the sin in our hearts, our desperate need for the Savior, and the full and free forgiveness which is ours through Jesus' death in our place and his resurrection to glory.
Pictured below is the 2025 student body of Wittenberg
Lutheran Seminary in Arusha, Tanzania. These men are preparing for a life of
service as ambassadors for Jesus. They will go before him, to make preparations
for him, so that many more will place their trust in that Savior. In this work
they will need the same qualities that Jesus had - bravery, humility, and
determination. Please continue to pray that God will prosper their studies and
their work of proclaiming the Gospel that will follow. Please also remember to
our Lord the many other pastors and pastors-in-training in our fellowship, at
home and abroad. They are making it their life-long work to get people prepared
for the coming of the King of Kings in glory!
FOR MORE CLC Foreign Missions News,
See Missionary Todd Ohlmann's blog HERE.
