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15…SEND ME

Good morning! My mind keeps going back to something my pastor said on Sunday. A survey that he saw on Google indicated that two-thirds of all the people on earth are not Christians. That means that Heaven is not their forever home and they have not received forgiveness of their sins by the Lord. Those numbers are just so hard to comprehend. What can we, as Believers, do about that incredible number?

The answer to that question can be found in the last two verses in the book of Matthew. God gives us these instructions. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” The Lord tells us that we are responsible for sharing the Good News of the Gospel. What we are not responsible for is their response. Salvation is an individual decision but those of us that have received this gift know that it is too great of a gift not to share with others. In the verses I referred to above, the baptism isn’t what saves you. Only Jesus can save you. But the water baptism is an outward sign of our repentance and forgiveness of sins through the gift of Jesus Christ. Matthew 10:33-34 sums it up this way. “Everyone therefore who shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in Heaven. But whoever shall deny Me before man, I will also deny him before My Father who is in Heaven.”

Let’s go back to that staggering two-thirds number. During the Christmas season, more people are thinking about Jesus because it’s His birthday that we celebrate on December 25. This is a prime time for Christians to share the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. My prayer is that we allow the Holy Spirit to guide us to those who need to hear about the best gift of our lives … Jesus.

Lord, to those around me who don’t know You, help me eagerly say, “Here I am Lord, send me!” Amen.