Balancing Act

Okay, so you have 50 pineapples that you want to carry to market. You only have a bicycle for transportation. Your basket on the back will allow you to carry 25, so you make two trips, right? No, that would be silly. Instead you take plastic string and tie the other 25 to the handlebars of your bike. Problem solved!

Sumatrans are amazingly good at putting more stuff on a bike or motorcycle than you’d think would be humanly possible. Indonesians have astoundingly good balance. They have also learned to make do with what they have. They have a high risk tolerance in order to keep from duplicating effort.

It’s not that big a deal if you take a risk and lose 50 pineapples, but millions of Sumatrans are taking the risk that their good works will be enough to balance their sin. While they have astoundingly good balance, this balancing of the sin debt through good works will never work. It is an eternal wreck waiting to happen.

Pray for Sumatrans to see that only Jesus can pay for their sin debt.

Pray for Sumatrans to realize that taking risks in some areas is good, but in the matter of eternal destinations it is disastrous.

Pray for believers on Sumatra to carry the Gospel to those who need to hear.