What if...? (Acts 19:10)

Acts 19:10 (NIV)  "This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord."

"Jews and Greeks" - this refers to every body.  You were either a Jew or a Greek.  "all the Jews and Greeks" is more of a figure of speech like we would say, "The whole town is coming."  The whole town is not coming, but it is a figure of speech expressing that a lot of people are and it seems the whole town is coming and it seems the whole town knows.

A lot of people were hearing about Christ.  It seemed like the whole province of Asia (modern day Turkey) was a buzz about the good news of Christ.  It seemed like every body knows and has heard.  Maybe even the majority of people had heard.  It doesn't mean everyone had accepted the message, but everyone had heard it.

"What if...?"

What if what happened in the province of Asia happened here in Scott County?  Our response to that is usually excuses that are as weak as wet toilet paper.

"We don't have enough people at Meadow"  -  Hmmm...we don't know exactly how many Christians started this movement but Acts 19:1 says "some".  Look at Meadow.  We have "some" (about 200 to be more specific - and that number is growing weekly.).  What could 200+ people do in Scott County to take the good news of Christ to everyone so that everyone hears?

"We don't have enough money."  -  Hmmm...God owns everything.  Any amount of money is chump change to Him.  It is not a matter of lack of money, it is a matter of lack of faith to trust God to provide for us personally as we tithe and provide the cash resources to Meadow.  If everyone at Meadow just tithed - no more, no less - we would have cash resources to take this county by storm.

"We are just ordinary people."  -  yes we are.  You are just ordinary.  I am just ordinary.  But this is exactly why the good news spread so quickly in Acts.  When God created movement, He did not use the religious leaders or scholars.  He used plain ordinary people.  The key is not whether we are ordinary.  The key is ... have we been with Jesus?  Taking the good news to Scott County is not about me.  It is all about Jesus.  I shrink back from inviting, tithing, taking risk - because I am worried about "me" which means in my mind it is more about me than about Jesus.  Faith explodes and we do things and go places and take steps we never imagined when we make it all about Jesus.

"What if what happened in the province of Asia happened here in Scott County?"

Maybe it will this summer.