“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20 NIV)

Every year at the end of May, the frogs from the pond behind us crawl out of the water to mate, unaware of the high mortality rate for those that cross the road. I never fail to remember the first year that we lived here at frog time! Our grandson, Keegan, was three years old and was so fascinated with the frog drama! His mission was to save the frogs, and so he donned a towel for a cape and called himself “Frog Man”! As we walked down the road, he would take each frog and carry it to the side of the road to save it. After a bath one evening, he wanted to go out to save the frogs, and his mother explained that he had just had a bath and that she didn’t want him to get dirty. With all the sincerity that he could muster, he explained, “Don’t you think that the frogs want me to be clean when I rescue them?” This young man took his job very seriously, since he was Frog Man!

A few days later, after all of the frogs had been saved, he decided that he wanted to be Bible Man! Fortunately, he still had the cape from when he was Frog Man, so it worked out well! I remember sitting in a restaurant talking with this thoughtful-beyond-his-years three-year-old when he asked, “Why do people do bad things? Don’t they know Jesus?” His grandpa agreed that they probably don’t know Jesus if they do bad things! “Why doesn’t someone tell them about Jesus?” At that, Bible Man came up with a plan! He would take his Bible and show people what it says about Jesus. Then, they will be saved and not do bad things anymore! How right he was! People need to know Jesus, and we, like Keegan, need to tell them.

You might think that going from Frog Man to Bible Man was a stretch, but if you think about it, is it? Frog Man set out to save these unsuspecting frogs from certain death while they aimlessly wandered into the road, while Bible Man wanted to proclaim the gospel to everyone so that they could be saved from spiritual death, no more to wander. Frog Man carried his frogs to the other side of the road so that they would be in the right place and be safe, while Bible Man, through Scripture, carried people to the safety of Jesus’ arms so that they could live with Him forever and be eternally safe!

The Bible tells us that we must go into all the world and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ, so as for me, I want to put on my cape and head out to bring salvation to lost souls, like Keegan saved lost frogs.

“Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,” (Psalms 107:2 NIV)

Prayer: Lord, give us boldness to put on our invisible capes and go out into a hurting world to share the truth of the gospel. Amen.

jeanie@answers2prayer.org
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31