The run-away success of the iPod and the unprecedented hype surrounding the release of a new “revolutionary” mobile phone by Apple Inc. started me thinking about the way we view missions in our modern era.

The simple, functional, and clean design of the iPod has made it a run-away success that has dominated the market with no serious competitors. Sometimes simple is good, sometimes it’s necessary. Sometimes it’s just easier – maybe even too easy. Do we sometimes seek to ‘over simplify’ our view of the world and the lost?

When is the last time you thought about the fact that over 90% of the lost people in this world live in North Africa, Central, East, and Southeast Asia? Do you realize just how desperate people in those areas are for Jesus and how unlikely many (most?) of those people are to ever hear about Jesus without the radical obedience and sacrifice of ordinary Christians and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit?

Too often I think we try to simplify the “missions” feature in our Christian “iWalk”. We give a few bucks for the missions offering or we occasionally read a missions newsletter and spend a few minutes in prayer – but do we feel ANY obligation for those who are dying and going into eternity separated from God in far-away places like Yueyang, China?

Would you open your mind and your heart to a ‘revolutionary’ change in how you view and approach missions? Maybe God is calling you to serve as a witness among the lost in one of the most unreached places in the world. Maybe God is calling you to radically change your prayer habits – to pray for the lost in Yueyang like you ACTUALLY are heart-broken over their lostness?

We would love to talk with you about how you can become involved in reaching the lost in Yueyang, China.