The chief end of God is to glorify God and enjoy his excellence for ever. This is what guarantees the victory of his cause. In order to magnify his glory he will exert his sovereign power and complete the mission he has commanded. (Read Matt 24:14, Ps 86:9, Ps 2:8, Ps 22:27 and Ps 66:4) If the infallible scriptures promise that all nations will one day bow down to Christ, and if Christ is sovereign and able by his Spirit through prayer to subdue all opposition to his promised reign, then there is good hope that a person who goes as an ambassador of Christ to one of these nations will be the chosen instrument of God to open the eyes of the blind and set up an outpost of the kingdom of Christ. This is the hope that gave birth to the modern missionary movement. In the warfare of world missions God bares his arm and triumphs for his own glory. God has made the accomplishment of his mission hang on the preaching of the word; he has also made the success of the preaching hang on prayer.
