Mark 16:15 “And He [Jesus] said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”

On February 3, 1943, as a troop ship was carrying more than nine hundred soldiers and military personnel, three torpedoes were fired at the ship by an enemy ship. Fortunately, only one struck the target, but the blast fatally damaged the ship.

There were four chaplains aboard the ship that night who helped comfort those injured in the explosion and those who feared the coming of death.

When the ship was ready to sink, the chaplains took off their life jackets and handed them to four young soldiers who had none. They gave up their own lives in order to save others.

There are many people who desperately need our help—they don't know the Lord, and therefore are completely lost. But God wants them to be saved.

Precious one, of the many lessons in the story above, here are only 3 for today:

#1. Rescue the perishing.
It must be our mandate, debt and passion to rescue the perishing from damnation and hell fire. The four chaplains gave their lives in the course of spreading the gospel, and therefore rescued them.

#2. Be ready to sacrifice.
In spreading the gospel we must be ready to sacrifice. In other words, spreading the gospel will cost you. Jesus tells us in

Luke 9:24 that,“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.”

#3. Seize the moment.
Many of us live our lives without souls in mind; and day in, day out opportunities pass us by when we could have preached the gospel. In the taxi or bus, at work, at school, the opportunities are all around.

Precious one, we owe our generation the gospel. Go out and spread the gospel at all costs.

Prayer : Heavenly Father, may many people come to Your saving knowledge as I step out to spread Your word, in Jesus’ name, Amen.