Many of our churches, say that they will welcome anyone that will come into the doors of the church. They say they will reach a certain mile radius of those in their community. Though how many of those people are disabled? How many of those are not going to church on a daily bases 1. Because they don’t have the accessibility to get to the church 2. Because the church does not have a ministry to reach out to the disabled, 3. Because the church does not have the time, ability, and calling to want to reach those that are disabled. Now I don’t mean to be stepping on some toes if I am, and yes it may be a little tougher and a little harder to reach certain people with disabilities, to understand the bible, and subject matter that we preach about. But why don’t we?
Right now, I am at a special touch getaway in WI, where many of these campers are only getting their church for 1 week out of the 51 weeks of the year. I am going to give a short 10 minute testimony about my life, and about how I was raised up in the church, but didn’t always feel the love that I should have. I have meet some people here that have showed me that they don’t care what others think, or what others will say they will get up in front of the Congregation, and worship God. It may not be the “normal” worship that we think about but they worship. Their are varying degrees of disability at this camp and on the “outside” world. Yes they are all different, they each have a different way of functioning, understanding, comprehending, but in the end they understand and can comprehend, that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. As we know it says in
Matthew 28:19 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them ina the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Yes we are obeying the call that God has given to us, but only to a certain extent. Some that read this may be reaching out to those that have disabilities, and I applaud you for that, but what about the rest of us. Their is a lost and dying Generation of 80 Million people that have disabilities, and their is less than 1 Percent (don’t quote me on that) that go to church. Lets pray for a determination, and desire, and a holy spirits fire, to build up within us to reach those with disabilities that do not know Christ. For God So Loved The WORLD that He Gave His Only Begotten Son, for whosoever believes in him Shall Not Perish But Have Everlasting Life. John 3:16
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