After our country's first manned mission to the moon, astronaut Michael Collins said, “We were our nation's envoys, we three, and it would be a national disgrace if anything went wrong.
We would be watched by the world; we must not fail.”
     Astronaut Neil Armstrong said, “I was aware that this was the culmination of the work of 300,000 or 400,000 people over a decade.”
     You and I are representatives of the greatest mission ever given to mankind. We are called to make His Good News known to the entireworld: Jesus said to them, Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation (Mark 16:15 NIV).
     Jesus gave His life to help us receive something
that we could not possibly achieve for ourselves. That is the Good News.
     For many generations before Jesus came to
earth, men and women had demonstrated that
they could not live the holy life that would
enable them to enter Heaven. The earth and
mankind had become polluted by sin and God
would not permit Heaven to also become polluted.
And so, God made it possible for us to receive the holiness of His Son as a free gift.
     All we would have to do was to believe in and trust in His Son.
     We believe in Jesus as our Savior because someone helped us. That person learned the same truth from someone who helped them.The disciples of Jesus believed in Him and told others. They, in turn, passed along the Good News to their generation so they could pass it along to the next generation. But Jesus knew that we would sometimes hesitate and even be afraid to tell others about His message.

     Many believers have been afraid to tell others
Jesus' simple message that anyone who
believes in Him as their Savior has God's
promise to give them eternal life. This good
news is so amazing that it seems too difficult
for some people to believe. But you and I have
been chosen to tell as many others as we can!
     The astronauts were elated that they were
chosen to fly to the moon. They knew the mission
would do what no man had ever done before. It could cost them their lives but they chose to believe they would be successful. You and I can choose to help others believe in and trust in Jesus. We can do our very best just as many before us have done.
     Yes, millions of people have labored before,
and millions more are still doing what they can
do to help others know what the Good News is.
God gives you and me the freedom to make our choice. We believe in Jesus and will go to
Heaven. We too can give our lives to help others
know Him. If we do this God will bless us now
and for eternity. We can follow the example of
those who made it possible for us to know and
love His Son.
     The disciples Jesus selected were known as:
unschooled, ordinary men (see Acts 4:13 NIV).
When Jesus needed their support they fled. But
Jesus believed in them. Jesus believes in you and
me. We too are His disciples. He gives us His
love and support so that we too may help Him
fulfill His mission. What an opportunity He has
given us!