Why Ecuador? God’s Heart for the Nations

When you read this email, I will be on my way to Ecuador.  Why should we care about another nation?  Why Ecuador?  From the beginning, the LORD God has always sought a people for Himself, to walk with them, and them with Him, beginning with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.  He chose Noah and his family, and their descendants to populate the earth after the Great Flood.  Then He chose Abraham and His descendants to bring the knowledge of Him to the nations, to give His righteous and just Law, and to bring the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.  Throughout Scripture, God’s heart for the nations is evident, and His desire to have people in covenant relationship with Himself “from every tribe and tongue and people and nation” (Revelation 5:9; 13:7; 14:6; see also, Isaiah 45:23; Romans 14:11; Philippians 2:11).  In fact, Jesus says of His House, His Church, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations”; He was quoting from the Old Testament (Isaiah 56:7; Mark 11:17).