Mighty Men

Where are the Mighty Men Today?

The Bible is full of mighty men doing mighty deeds. There was Abraham getting to be so powerful that kings came to his table to ask favours. Lot pleaded with God for a whole city. Samson pulled a whole building down. Gideon defeated thousands with just 300 men. Daniel stood in a lions den and in a furnace but came to no harm. There are many others too. My own hero was Elisha who had the double anointing. Apart from anything else, he was a baldy like me! He called bears out; he made axes float; he blinded a whole army, capture them, then fed and released them.

Through the centuries there were other heroes and mighty men and women. Paul started the trend. Then came great explorer evangelists like Augustine, Cuthbert, and Patrick. Closer to home we had the Wesley’s, Jonathan Edwards, Moody & Sankey, William Booth, and Hudson Taylor. Later still we have people like Gladys Aylward, Billy Graham and Reinhard Bonnke. All men and women who have stood the world on end for their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

So, where are the modern day heroes? I truly believe we are entering the days of the church of the lesser known saints. I really don’t think there will be any really outstanding role models. Rather there is coming a day when the church will suddenly produce locally well known but not famous evangelists and preachers – soul winners certainly but those who really can live humbly and without the cloak of fame being thrust upon them.

The Lord is raising a new army of mighty men on the scale of Old Testament times. Men and women who will be fearless in the face of opposition – even to the giving of their own lives. Some will come from the rank and file of the church but some are not yet even Christians. God is no respecter of sex, rank, position, or money – nor the lack of it either. He chooses, He equips, He provodes, and He opens all the right doors. I hear the tramp of many feet as this army is raised from the valley of dry bones as well as from the men and women of God today.

In the words of Isaiah, “Here I am Lord, send me”. Will you join me? It is time for Gods people to arise and be known. Otherwise, how will the people know to whom to turn when they start to ask, “Who is this Jesus?”

He is Jesus, the Christ, Son of God, Messiah. Is He calling you today I wonder? If so, don’t delay, give Him your answer soon. If you won’t, who will?