For several years we have asked God to show us the ripe fields. As a result, we stepped out in faith – during a few different campaigns. But, alas, we did not see the results we were praying for.

So, why should you believe this time will be different? Maybe it was because we did not see the ripe fields that Jesus was talking about. For the first time, in a long time, I have seen the ripe fields. I am seeing tangible results before we even begin.

• As of today, we have one person ready to be baptized.
• One cold member being taught.
• Forty-one classes being taught.
• And three campaigns being launched:
  • South Africa (already funded)
  • Nicaragua
  • And Northern Kentucky (this one will be funded)

At Summit we dream of a day Satan will fall and Christ will rise. Luke 10:17–19 (ESV) — 17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

Jesus sent His disciples on a few campaigns. And every time Satan took a beating. Maybe we did not see the visible results we were looking for in the previous campaigns – but I believe Jesus did. But now the training is over. All that is before us is a big sad wasteland of lost souls.

Yesterday I watched Lethal Weapon on my DVR. Briefly, the hero is a policeman that lets a thief go. Why? Because they were childhood friends – and he owed his friend. What did his friend do for him? After breaking the law and crashing an expensive car, our “hero” comes home to a dad who is overly enthusiastic about disciplining his son (mind you, not by Old Testament standards). While the dad is abusively beating his son, the friend murders the dad by shooting him in the head. If you were watching this, you would have rooted for the son. But, if you were grounded in the Bible you would have seen a different picture. Or, for that matter, if you reversed the clocks to what would have happened from creation till about 40 years ago.

Church, it is time to turn off the world and turn on the light. Won’t you consider joining the Summit Church of Christ mission?  Or should I say, Jesus Great Commission? Go, into all the world, and make disciples of all the nations. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them all things. And lo, I will be with you always, even to the end of the age.

Friend, simply speak up and say “I Am In”.