Urgency
If we, as believers, need Jesus, how much more do those around us need
Him? Every person who does not know
Christ, is a spiritually dead person. For
life comes only through Christ. If every
believer were to tell one person about Jesus, what would this world be like? As the days go by, I ask myself the question,
“What am I doing, Lord? My life is supposedly all about you, yet so many
times I let it be about me.”
Scripture tells us to, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest
commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the
Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40)
What if we lived life based on these verses? Would we continue to talk, dress, or behave
the way we do? Would we miss a chance to
tell someone about Jesus? If these two
commandments were on our hearts all the time, what would our life be like?
After surrendering my life to Christ in 1996, I began to change. Every day, out of a sense of gratitude and
joy in my new relationship with Him, my desire was to tell everyone I met about
the love of Christ, and how He had changed my life. And my new focus was to serve God with my
whole being. It was an exciting time!
These
days, I spend quite a bit of time in reflection on the past. And as I begin to realize how short I have
fallen from these commandments, I praise God for Jesus my Savior who forgives
and covers up my shortcomings. Daily, I
look to see what I have done. Sometimes I’m proud of myself, other times I feel
I could have done more. But if I lived
every second of my life according to these verses, would not my life be
different?
Urgency,
do you sense it?
Do you see people dying around you? Do you sense the Spirit prompting you to say
something? I do. It’s not because I do
the right thing all the time that I ask these questions, but because my heart
aches for the lives that are doomed to hell unless we tell them about
Jesus. For He is the answer to all life’s problems.
Urgency,
do you sense it?
The world is changing around us.
There are more than 7.3 billion people in the world today, and thousands
are dying every hour without Christ. Will
you please pray with me this week as I wrestle with this sense of urgency? Right now, during this time God has granted
me, I want to live like I’ve never lived before, and want others to also
experience it. Will you pray for me; for
each of us, and for the boldness we need?
“Let
us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a
harvest if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9)
Can God change
your life?
God has made it
possible for you to know Him and experience an amazing change in your own life.
Discover how you
can find peace with God.
