God really used nations to fulfill his purpose. When America entered the Philippines it was a good thing though there were times that we had conflicts with them. As we know, America brought Protestantism in the Philippines. It changes the minds of many people perhaps they were shocked since what they know all their live is Roman Catholicism. Many missionaries came in. Filipinos became independent somehow in terms of religious matters. Many denominations came in and many Filipino Catholics were converted into different denominations. This shows God really preserve our country. If the Americans did not, perhaps we are still blinded concerning the truth. As we know we are under the control of Spain for over three hundred years and their influence to us is very wide particularly in religious aspects. Perhaps, until now we do not have proper perspective about God or Jesus. What we are believing are all perverted.
This shows that God did his first move in our country. He did a good start. For us today, the history of the church here in the Philippines reminds us that God is telling us to continue the work he has started here. When missionaries came to the Philippines, there was a great revival happened. People were converted. I think for today, it is still possible. We can still guarantee that God will be use those people whom he save to do another revival. There were still many unbelievers around us and they need to hear the good news about Jesus Christ. One way of doing this is to mobilize our churches to obey what Jesus commanded his disciples in Matthew 28. 19-20. Everyone of us should initiate.