What is the biggest need the people have right now? I have been asked this question dozens of times since the April 16th earthquake. One answer continues to rise up amidst so much need… people need hope and they need purpose. It is the same need they had before that fateful day, but now it seen so clearly. As one lady shared, “All of the work we did, all of the struggle to grow our business, and now there is nothing to show for it. It would have been better if we had done nothing.” Like the “great fall” of the house built on sand in Christ’s teaching, the loss has given opportunity to see the vanity of life as never before. Now more than ever, the words of Jesus Christ must be declared… words of hope… “You believe in God. Believe also in ME. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go, I will return again, that where I am, there you may be also.” Now is the day of salvation. A time for people to hear Christ’s words and do them. A time to find purpose in a life of obedience. An opportunity to build a new house upon the unshakable Rock.
Hundreds are hearing. Many are starting over. Building differently. They gather in vacant lots and request the Word of God. They stand in tents and repent of past choices. They begin to store up treasures in heaven.

     What is the biggest need the people have right now? I have been asked this question dozens of times since the April 16th earthquake. One answer continues to rise up amidst so much need… people need hope and they need purpose. It is the same need they had before that fateful day, but now it seen so clearly. Now is the day of salvation. A time for people to hear Christ’s words and do them. A time to find purpose in a life of obedience. An opportunity to build a new house upon the unshakable Rock.