Reaching the Unreached

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it. (Mark 16:15, 20) 
 
One of the many frustrating consequences of the pandemic our country and world is facing is that we aren’t able to have church services the way we used to. We can’t meet in the sanctuary, hug one another, see one another, be encouraged by one another, or worship with one another. Even though we can’t do any of these things, it doesn’t mean we still can’t be the Church.  
 
Just because we can’t do what we used to do, the way we used to do it, when we want to do it, doesn’t mean that God still doesn’t want to use us to bless somebody, love somebody, and lift somebody up.  
 
This virus has not closed the Church or stopped the Church from doing what God wants us to do. As a matter of fact, Corona has positioned the Church to get out of the church in order to be the Church, because at some point, the Church must leave the building in order to reach the lost, to be the light, and to spread the love of the Lord.  
 
There are people on this planet who will never set foot inside of a church building. But if we, as members of the body of Christ, are diligent in being the Church, even when we aren’t inside the physical building, we can still lead these people to Jesus. Someone should be able to hear about the Gospel from a believer without coming to church, so let’s not let our inability to have church services keep us from being the Church. Let us still be intentional about shining a light for the Lord, and let’s point others to Him, because He is our only hope when everything around us seems so hopeless.