Global Proportions Map of Crisis Impact

What do you notice about this picture?

Globally, crises and disasters have the greatest level of devastation where there is the least gospel saturation. 

The 10/40 window. 

What if crises and disasters create the highest accessibility in moments of least resistance? 

What if the moments with the highest destruction are also the moments with the highest receptivity in people’s lives?

What if crises and disasters are our open doors (physically, emotionally, spiritually) to seeing Matthew 24:14, Revelation 7:9, etc. in our generation?

What if the very parallel of the increase of movements globally and the increase of crisis/disaster globally is linked by the “in order to” from Titus 3:14:

”Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unfruitful lives.”

The entire New Testament is about multiplying disciples who follow Jesus, healthy simple churches, and communities being transformed. Paul says to Titus, that “doing what is good is in order to provide for urgent needs.”

What if the increase of crises and disasters, at the same time of the increase in multiplication movements, are to see the “in order to provide for urgent needs.” Then, the implication from scripture saying, “to not live unfruitful lives” (NIV) or other translations that say, “then they will not be unproductive” (NLT) or the Message says, “so they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives.” What could be at stake if we, the church, miss Titus 3:14 in the midst of all that is happening today? What could be at stake if we miss the opportunities given to us by God in crisis?