Sunday, March 20, 2011

"What do you think God is up to?"

I love the way God opens doors to talk about Him and His gift of salvation!!  This week at work I had the opportunity to strike up a conversation with a co-worker.  She asked me where I met my husband.  I said church.  That prompted  a few more casual questions about my church but the Holy Spirit spoke through me and gave me the words to say that not only spoke of church but spoke of Jesus.  She then said "You know not many people speak up if they are a Christian when they are on the job"  I replied, "oh no, that is the most important part of my life, God first, then my husband, everything else comes somewhere after that"  her reply was "that's nice, I like that"  I found out she does go to a church in the area but I don't know if she is a Christian.

A few days later she said to me, "So with all this earthquake stuff lately and the tsunami and just all this stuff, what do you think God is up to?"   Love it, love it, love it! - Not because I can speak for God and lay out exactly what God is doing but I can speak from the Word of God about what God is up to.  So I began to speak, I told her that the Bible speaks of these things occurring in increasing measure and intensity as we draw nearer to the date of His return.  I told her that although these were undoubtedly troubled times and "scary" at times, the child of God can look at them with anticipation for they bring us closer to home!  Her response kind of made me think perhaps she does not truly know Christ as her Savior.  Pray for her!
Pray that God will open more doors and continue to open my mouth.

Which leads me to these 2 questions- Where are  you spending eternity?  If the Lord raptured His church today, would you be included?  You can know.  I John 5:13 says "I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God , so that you may know you have eternal life."  Please click on my tab about having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  Then, let me know of your decision and, if you like, I will email you more info on developing a relationship with Jesus Christ and growing in your walk with the Lord.

My next question is this:  Are you telling others about Jesus?  God has given us the privilege of sharing the salvation message with others.  It is our privilege, it is our duty.  I wrote a song about 3 years ago called "Will you be the One"  I asked will you be the one, to lead them to the One?  Who came to you, who shared Jesus with you?  Aren't you glad that someone was obedient and bold in sharing the salvation message with you!?  So many are in need of hearing that they are loved, so loved by Jesus Christ.

It's hard to believe, but we now live in a post Christian area- there are folks out there who do not know anything about Jesus Christ or they have been taught that it is a myth- just a story.  They need us to tell them.

We look at the behavior of our youth today, the rebellious attitude, dress, language.....the drugs, the immorality....it's obvious that people are searching.  We live in a very spiritual world today- but it is the wrong spirit that this world seeks.  Just look at the billboards of the movies that are out, the TV programs that are out.  They  center around the occult in one way or another.  Hollywood is evangelizing, but they are evangelizing a lie.....Where are the Christians?  We must be evangelizing the Truth!

Pray for God to open doors for you to speak to one person about the Gospel.  I promise you this, if you are willing to speak the Truth, then God is willing to use you.  If you are willing to submit to the Holy Spirit, then you can be sure that the Holy Spirit is willing to speak through you.

Oh may we be people with a desire to rescue the perishing.  If you get on the computer or turn on the news, you will see and hear of rescue workers working around the clock trying to reach those who may be trapped under the rubble that came as a result of the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.   Why?- because lives are precious, and we dare not walk away when there is a chance that we might even rescue one person.

After 9/11, the New York fire dept and EMT's and the Police worked around the clock looking for any possible survivors- putting their own lives at risk looking for any survivors.

Friend, there is a soul in each person that will live eternally in one of 2 places- heaven or hell.  We must be in the business of rescuing the perishing soul.  As believers, we are God's EMT"S out there searching for those who need to be rescued by being introduced to Jesus Christ.

To God be the Glory!!