The Principle Problem

This man is a principal in a national elementary school among the Serawai people. He shared that the biggest need in his school was for technology to give the students an opportunity to learn how to access the information available on the internet. His school is too poor to afford computers and projection equipment to help teachers expose the students to today’s normal technology.

The worker who was visiting the school suggested that fostering a love of learning and giving the students a vision to dream big was even more important than exposing them to technology. If the students love to learn and have a dream, they will learn whatever technology they need in order to succeed. After all, technology will never solve the deepest problems of the soul.

The greatest need at the foundation of all needs is for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He alone can solve the problem of sin and forgiveness. He alone can give power needed to live a life that is holy and pleasing to God. He alone provides meaning to every dream that man might seek to attain. All dreams are empty unless they are built upon a solid foundation. Jesus is that rock-solid foundation. The principle problem of the Serawai is that they are, by-and-large, building on other foundations that will turn out to be shifting-sand in the end.

Pray for believers living among and near the Serawai to be bold in sharing the Gospel clearly and broadly.

Pray for the Holy Spirit to prepare the hearts of many Serawai to realize their sins and the inability of good-works to pay for their sin-debt.

Pray for teachers among the Serawai to have wisdom to foster of love of learning among the children.