| French scientist, Louis Pasteur, lived at a time when thousands died of rabies each year, so he worked day and night on a vaccine that could save them. Just as he was about to begin experimenting on himself, a nine-year-old boy called Joseph Meister was bitten by a rabid dog. The boy's mother begged Pasteur to experiment on her son. Pasteur injected him for ten days and the boy lived. Decades later, of all the things Pasteur could have had etched on his headstone, he asked only for three words: Joseph Meister Lived!
The Bible says, 'The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise' (Proverbs 11:30 NIV). Imagine having a cure for cancer, but refusing to share it, or saying, 'I'm too busy.' The gospel is only good news if we are willing to share it, and get it to those who need it in time. Too many of us have become preoccupied with our material well-being. Instead of believing God for the salvation of our loved ones, we're believing Him for houses, cars, holidays, and so on. We may quote, 'Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for' (Hebrews 11:1 KJV), but the 'things' we have in mind are material and temporal, rather than the eternal things of that '...better country...' (Hebrews 11:16 KJV). We're supposed to seek the kingdom of God first and foremost, and all these other 'things' will be added to us. In fact, we don't even have to ask for them, they're automatically given to us when we put God's kingdom ahead of our own (Matthew 6:33). So be wise - become a soul winner! |
