"Which of you will step forward?"

"Which of you will step forward?"

excerpts from http://www.salvationist.org/intnews.nsf/vw_web_articles/37A9A34F589276E5802573710030DD20?opendocument

The Lord of mission is waiting for those who will go, risking their own lives ... who will take the gospel of Jesus where God leads. God give us grace to fight with passion and love for the Kingdom, for Jesus, until death.... We see the Army at its best at moments like these.... There has been an upsurge of prayerfulness following the untimely and violent death of an officer who showed courage, vision, compassion, strength and mercy, who was clear-headed and tender-hearted, ready for self-sacrifice. [Major Philip Wise] is now listed among Salvation Army martyrs, and will hear his Master say: “Well done, good and faithful servant. Welcome home.” ... There is now a gap in the ranks of ... officers.... The Army is hurting. Which of you will step forward, ready to hear the Holy Spirit’s voice: “You must stand in the gap”? Out of evil, ugliness, sin and cruelty it is God’s nature to bring something of surpassing beauty that today we cannot see. Unmatched beauty will come from all of this. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.