Fearless Missions

2 Corinthians 4:7-18

" ⁷But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. ⁸We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. ¹⁰We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ¹¹For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. ¹²So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
¹³It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken."^a]">[a]With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, ¹⁴because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. ¹⁵All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
¹⁶Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. ¹⁸So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

These Verses gold the key to how missionaries can go the dangerous, nearly-death places to serve and tell about Jesus. They realize that their power is worthless and that God's is the mightiest. Greater than any danger. They rest assured that they will be hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed, Because God is with them. They may become perplexed, but their God has all the answers and will restore their joy and peace and assurance. They may be physically and spiritually persecuted, but their God will never abandon them. Never will he leave them or forsake them. I can go anywhere and rest assured that my God will be with me. they may be struck down, but they will never be completely destroyed. Because God has already secured their life in heaven. They realize that their costly investment in the present will save them from a bankrupt eternity. Therefore if death knocks at their door (or they knock at his), they will not be afraid. Because Jesus died and rose again and will raise them up one day as well. They fight to the death for the lives of others because they know that if they themselves die physically, they'll have an eternity secured in heaven. They realize that if they do not die to themselves daily, they risk someone else's eternity with Christ. Therefor they go to crazy dangerous places, fearless, for the name of the Lord. They are the messengers. Clay bearing treasure.