I have been thinking about the significance of the number one today.
Jesus tells the parable of leaving the 99 to go after the lost ONE:
(Matthew 18:12-14- “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? 13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away! 14 In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.?”)
We are called to be a body of ONE.
(Ephesians 4:4- “There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called—“)
(1 Corinthians 12:20- “As it is, there are many parts, but one body.”)
One man, Jesus, changed the world.
There are countless other scriptural examples where God points out the significance of one. In fact, when we really study the Bible, so many times God uses one person to make a huge difference; a life-changing impact! (Moses, Paul, and Queen Esther, to scratch the surface!)
Several years ago God stirred in us the value and significance of 1 life….
After returning from a mission trip to Africa, my eyes had been open to the gift of life. Every day mommy’s were losing their babies to starvation and disease. Every day little ones were being left orphaned by their parents from HIV/ Aids. Every day death was a sad reality that consumed the lives of those afflicted.
There are so many overwhelming statistics about poverty, hunger, orphans, Aids, etc. The needs appear to be so great, and often times I think we feel saddened and helpless.
I think a truth that we are all guilty of, is that although we know what is going on in the world, it is not personal to us.
In the book “A Whole in Our Gospel”- the author, , touches on this point and says “Imagine if one of these dying orphans showed up on your door while you were getting ready to leave for church. Wouldn’t you stop and do everything in your power to help that child? Of course you would!” That one life, that statistic that you read about, would suddenly become very personal.
This example is a great illustration of what I believe the Bible teaches us over and over again. The value of one life.
Today I want you to think about how you can impact one life for the Kingdom today. How can you show the love of Jesus to your neighbor? How can you reach out to the lost, the broken, the widow, an orphan?
How can we take this valuable principle and make it part of our daily faith walk; our inherent Christ-like DNA?
Focus on the ONE.
When we started the Moju Project, God really spoke to our hearts about the significance of impacting one life.
For the first time in human history the number of hungry people this year will exceed one billion. There are also 1 billion users today on the Internet.
Check out this video from the World Food Program:
For the One,
Team Moju