For three years I did not cease to warn everyone night
and day with tears. - Acts 20:31
When my daughter Lisa arrived for another day of teaching her high school music classes,
she found that the students and faculty were grieving. A senior boy had died in a car
accident the afternoon before. As Lisa made her way toward her classroom, she saw a
student she knew was a Christian, sitting in the cafeteria, crying.
When Lisa reached her, the student hugged her and said between her sobs, "Oh, Mrs.
Spangler, he's in hell, and I didn't witness to him." She knew that the young man had
clearly spoken out about his professed atheism - and she hadn't told him about Jesus.
That girl may have been a better witness for the Lord than she realized in the way she
lived. Nonetheless, she understood an important concept: It is our job to tell the world
about the saving power of Jesus. We see Paul as an example of one who carried out this
mission (Acts 20:17-31).
Life seems so comfortable at times - so certain - that we move along each day without
thinking of the eternal implications for others. And sometimes we bask in the assurance of
our own salvation, forgetting that most people we meet do not have the same hope that we
have in Christ Jesus.
Is there anyone you need to talk to about Jesus today - before it's too late?
-JDB
Lead me to some soul today,
O teach me, Lord, just what to say;
Friends of mine are lost in sin
And cannot find their way.
-Houghton
Wanted: Messengers to deliver the good news.