But I can’t preach the gospel to every man, woman
and child that sees me! No you can’t, but if you are living your life by denying
yourself and taking up your cross daily to follow Christ then when God
orchestrates that divine appointment and that lost soul sees Christ in you
that’s an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to touch their hearts and they will
know there is a God even if no words are spoken. By being faithful you have
planted a seed which is what we have been asked to do. It is God who will reap
the harvest when He is ready. Conversely if you are not walking spiritually and
Christ cannot be seen in you how is that lost soul’s heart to be open to the
Spirit’s touch?
Is that important you ask? If that person were to face death tomorrow and
as they stared eternity in the face who are we to know that they would not beg
for mercy and find their way to the foot of the cross. The thief on
the cross next to our Lord recognized Jesus as God, How? We know no one can come
unless they are drawn by the Holy Spirit, by seeing. His heart was open to the
touch of the Spirit without Christ saying a word to him. Would not the proudest
knees bend when faced with their mortality? None of us can know the final
thoughts of another, but we can let Jesus be seen in us and just maybe that lost
soul will in their final moments let go of their pride and find the Saviour.
Matthew 22:36-40 KJV Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
I know there are those out there in the world we
think don’t deserve salvation. We all probably know of someone whose heart is
evil and has done much evil in the world hurting many but you see that is not
our call. Our commandment is to love all and it is by showing the love of Christ
to all that we can fulfill His commandment to us.
2 Peter 3:9 KJV the Lord is not
slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering
to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.
We serve a sovereign God who has left us His word
outlining His will for our lives. As His children should we not strive to obey
Him? None of us deserves the salvation that was given us for we have all sinned
and come short of the glory of God. Since we cannot know God’s thoughts or even
why He chose to save us, should we question why He chooses to save those we
don’t think deserve being saved?
Every Christian I know has a relative or friend
who is not saved. I don’t think I have ever been to a prayer meeting that I did
not hear someone ask for prayer for a lost family member or friend. Would you
not want the Lord to place someone in their path that they could see Christ in?
Allow Christ to be seen through you today, you
may be the one that person needs, he might be someone’s brother or sister, maybe
someone’s son or daughter. All of us have the capacity inside of us for good and
evil. Let God decide who He saves and live each day so that Jesus can be seen in
you. You just may spend eternity with that person who through your life came to
find mercy and grace at the foot of the cross just like you did. Believe me I
understand how hard it is to deny self and pick up my cross each day and follow
Christ but it’s in the trying that we grow and become more Christ-like and isn’t
that the final goal?
1 John 3:2 KJV Beloved, now are
we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know
that, when he shall appear, we shall be
like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Bob Goulding © September 2006
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