I am so thankful for my friend who shared the goodness of Jesus with me 11 years ago. The Good News of Jesus brought much peace, great joy, healing, salvation, the gift of Holy Spirit, and a personal connection with God to my life. The Lord is AMAZING, and His mercy endures forever. Let’s not keep Jesus to ourselves but share with our friends.
Psalm 34:8, “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”
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Since January, my husband and I have been looking to hire workers/handymen for our home repairs. The workers who we contacted had come to look at the repair job but none of them have yet committed to us. It's frustrating and disappointing to see that we aren’t able to find a single worker who is willing to take the job we have for them.
This situation opened my eyes and made me wonder how God feels about not finding workers for the bountiful harvest He sees around us. There is a lot of work God has for us while we are on this earth, but the question is, “Who is willing to come forth and share His work or burden?” There are people who have not yet heard the Gospel because we have not gone to them and shared the Good News with them whether they are our neighbors or co-workers or friends or relatives or even strangers. It’s His command for each one of us, NOT just for Evangelists, to GO, Make Disciples, and Share the Good News. God is perhaps waiting and waiting for us to come and pick up our assignment and yet we are putting Him on hold and doing the stuff that either gives us pleasure or convenient for us. I can only imagine how God is thinking or feeling about our carefree approach. Now that I have tasted this Bible verse, “Harvest is plentiful; workers are few” in my own little world, so I am beginning to appreciate its significance and urgency more than ever. God is serious about His harvest, and He expects us to take it seriously too. He doesn't want anyone to perish eternally and die without knowing Jesus. We are His children, believers and nonbelievers, and He wants everyone to receive Salvation and spend Eternity with God. There is no such thing as “reincarnation - life after death” as it’s just a myth. There is either Eternal Hell or Heaven, and we have been given the freedom to choose. Let’s reach out to as many people as possible and invite God to speak through us. We just have to share the Good News and the rest is all in His hands. Jesus knows those who are His, but He needs us to be His voice! Let’s be the ONE who says, “Send me, God!” God’s process is what makes us the person who we are today and will also become in the future. A process can be mundane, cumbersome, and exhausting, but it can also be rich and rewarding, if we stick with it.
It is through a process God prunes, refines, purifies, and transforms us. God is always with us in our process, as He never leaves or forsakes us. Our breakthroughs are the result of His process. Don’t give up; stick with Jesus and His process. What if we have accumulated the treasures and wealth of this world and mastered our God given skills and talents but have not received Christ as our Lord and Savior, the ONE God of the universe, then we have labored for NOTHING and gained NOTHING.
The truth is we leave behind everything that we build or gather on this earth. God didn't create us to enjoy only a temporary materialistic life but the Everlasting Eternal Life with Him. Where our soul will be transitioning to after this earthly life matters to God and it should matter to us too. There is still time to invite Jesus Christ into your life while you are alive on this earth and save your most precious earthly treasure i.e., your SOUL, for eternity! God’s LIVING word is our spiritual food which nourishes us, sustains us, makes us grow spiritually, and gives us life & life abundantly.
2 Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” James 1:21, “Put out of your life all that is unclean and wrong. Receive with a gentle spirit the Word that was taught. It has the power to save your souls from the punishment of sin.” |