Tell them before it's too late...

How many friends or loved ones do you know that AREN'T saved? For me, just counting off the top of my head and including only those who are close friends/relatives, I come up with a number around five. Yea. Five. Now that does not include all those in the sports programs. Just those in the "inner-inner" circle of friends. That next layer out, which for a lot of you would include co-workers or next door neighbors, the number goes up significantly. Because I work in the "Outreach" ministry, it would be safe to say the number is around 70 for me. Conversely, because I work for a church, I don't have co-workers who fall under that category. (Ideally of course.)

Do you have a brother or neighbor who you don't know for sure if they are saved? If so, shouldn't that move to the top of our "To Do List?" Now, in no way do I mean that you have to be able to sit down and give them your best impression of Billy Graham. But just tell them what Christ has done in your life. THAT is what non-believers will listen to. Someone they know telling them about their own life. Not someone else's story but your own.

We have all seen the emails and heard the stories about how harsh words were said and then something tragic happens and you never have the opportunity to fix it. If those stories are to encourage us to not skip saying "I love you," where are the stories of those who never shared the Good News to someone and now they are gone. If we can all at least somewhat relate to the guilt of not loving someone enough or at all before they died, imagine the burden of not knowing if someone was a Believer?
If a loved one dies whom I wrongfully haven't spoken to for years, then I am the one who has to live with the guilt. But if they died before coming to know Christ, they are the ones who will live in Hell for eternity. Before you say, "well, I am not comfortable sharing my testimony," are you saying your willing to risk their soul? Maybe YOU are the one person who could make a difference...and you aren't comfortable?

Is that really a position your willing to take? As a Believer you are to be ready to share the Good News at anytime and any place. I know it's not always easy but it's something we have to do.

Let's do this together. I have no idea how this is going to go but I must be able to walk the walk if I am going to talk the talk. So I will target one person on my list and outline on my Blog how that is coming. Good or bad. You do likewise. Post your comments (without naming names of course.) and that might encourage someone else to work on their unsaved friends/loved ones. Success in this endeavor is not to be judged solely on making them a Believer. Sometimes we are just called to plant the seed. While the next person waters and fertilizes. Whatever rung we are in the ladder, we must be willing to do that part.

Please pray for me and the people on my list and those on the list of the others who are reading this Blog. I will attempt to make contact by tomorrow and keep you updated. If each of us can just make an effort to move these souls up one more rung in the ladder, think of the impact we can make on the Kingdom.