"Jesus said, 'Go
therefore and make disciples'"....(Matt.
28:19a) "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea and
Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (Acts 1:8).
Many years ago I had the privilege of serving
as God's chaplain at the Village. What a
blessing
to open the eyes and hearts of the youngsters
to the wonderful fact that the God of the universe loved them. One chapel
service the Lord laid it on my heart to give those who had come to love the
Lord a chance to stand to their feet and acknowledge that love.
I was amazed when nearly every one of the
fifty boys stood, but I lived with these youngsters every minute of every day
and knew there were many who were not ready to make such a declaration. So, I told them to sit down and I went
through the steps of the plan of salvation once again; at the conclusion I
again asked those, who felt they really wanted God to be the pilot of their
lives, to stand.
Again amazed, I witnessed a similar action on
the part of the boys, nearly all stood.
Again I had them sit down and told them to go back to their rooms tonight
and take out their Bibles and ask God to speak to their hearts and seek His
great salvation until they felt a peace in their hearts.
We did not often have visitors to our chapel
services, but that night we did - a
minister friend of one of the staff.
After the boys and staff had departed for their houses he came up to me
and began to rag on me. His asked "What right did I have to tell the kids
whether or not they were ready to accept the Lord and Savior of their lives?' I was truly amazed that he, a man o0f the
cloth, could possibly believe that I controlled when each boy made the decision
to surrender his life to the Lord.
How I praise God that I am not the harvester
but only the seed planter. God knew the
hearts of each of those young men and those who were sincere that night and
stood before their Lord and said, "Come into my heart Lord Jesus". These
were immediately accepted into God's family and their name written into the
Lamb's Book of LIfe". I trust the others had a thirst for this
relationship.
Sooo, my young buckaroos and buckaroo-ettes,
let me give you a chunk of really fabulous news, when Jesus said, "Go into all the world and share the Good
News that Jesus Christ", the Son of God, the creator of all you survey
promised to give you a gigantic tool box filled with all the tools you will
need to complete your assignment. In
other words you have no excuse for not following His challenge to you so
"Go for it!"
Blessing,
Gramps
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