“Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, ‘Rabbi, eat.’
“But He said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you do not know about.’
“So the disciples were saying to one another, ‘No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?’
“Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.’
“’Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.’” (Joh 4:31-35)
Journal,
As I was meditating on my morning devotion, this thought began stirring in my heart, ‘I must be about my Father’s business.’ My mind was drawn to what Jesus said to His first disciples concerning the harvest field. He said, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.”
The work that Jesus was to accomplish was the work of the cross. Listen carefully to the prayer of our Great High Priest –
“Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. ‘This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
“‘I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.'” (Joh 17:1-4)
The work of the cross would be God’s finished work of salvation in Jesus Christ. From the moment of Christ’s ascension into heaven the eternal gospel was to be sent into all the world. The message could encapsulate in this one statement,
“And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Cf. Acts 2:21; Rom 10:13)
In the meantime we have this instruction from the Lord –
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” (Luk 10:2)
Much Work to Do
In 1976, the Lord gave me a work to accomplish. It began in an old store-front building. On the right side of the entrance a simple sign read, ‘School for Christian Workers.’
This March 9, 2012, will be 36 years since the CCI School for Christian Workers has come into being. Since that time we have trained hundreds of workers for the harvest fields of the Lord.
The motto of Christian Challenge International is, ‘How Beautiful Upon the Mountians’. The motto for the School for Christian Workers is, ‘Preparing Servants for the Nations.’
Has the work that God gave me to do been accomplished? Not yet. There is much work to be done. And if the Lord tarries, it will continue after my departure. (This applies to the whole body of Christ.)
Where are we now? It is now time for out 48th School for Christian Workers.
Is the Lord stirring your heart for service in His kingdom? Perhaps our 48th School is where you need to be.
The CCI School for Christian Workers is quite unique. Our entire emphasis is on true Biblical discipleship. For your consideration here is our class schedule for the school.
Class Schedule for the CCI 48th School for Christian Workers
The School begins January 22nd and 23rd, 2012, and runs 13 weeks. Tuition is $35 per course. Disciples Heart I is $25 for CCI members only.
The Disciple’s Heart Training Program – Sundays 5:00 PM [Required training for anyone serving with CCI]
The Disciples Heart II Training Program – Sundays 5:00 PM
Shepherd’s Heart Mentoring Program – Every Other Wednesday 6:30 PM
Old Testament Bible Survey – Mondays 6:30 PM
Conversational Spanish – Mondays 6:30 PM
Financial Peace University ($100) – Mondays 7:00 PM
God’s Creation – Mondays 6:30 PM
Registration is required. For additional information call the Christian Challenge office at (318) 640-4300.
For your listening here is the theme song of Christian Challenge – How Beautiful Upon the Mountains.
http://www.christianchallenge.org/audio/music/14_How%20Beautiful%20Upon%20The%20Mountains.mp3
In Christ Always,
Buddy
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