Fishing for men is the adventure of a lifetime. You never know where the Spirit will lead when you step out in faith to engage people for whom the God of the Universe--Jesus Christ--paid the ultimate price, an eternity's worth of suffering and death on a Roman Cross for me and you.
Today, I met Tara. She worked a cash register at a local store. I started the conversation with a simple question while she rung me up: Do you have a church background, Tara? Yes. I go to church, she answered. But, I haven't been in a while, she added. Our church split. That's too bad, I responded.
Since the ice had been broken, I asked the more important question: If you died today, Tara, do you know where you'd spend eternity? No, I don't, she honestly admitted.
Isn't that amazing! How many people are church-goers but don't know the gospel of salvation and thus haven't likely taken the vital steps Jesus prescribed in order to know The Way to The Life--eternal life. He came so people could know. This is a serious issue, because Jesus said all people are under condemnation for their countless sins against God until they believe the Gospel and repent in order to be born again (John 3).
Nothing's more important than your eternal destiny, I emphasized to Tara in sincere concern for her. I then asked if she knew what Jesus said to do to spend eternity in the Kingdom of God. She wasn't sure. In other words, she didn't The Way.
Since another customer got in line and I didn't want to keep Tara from doing her job, I urged her to read the back of the gospel tract I had given her to learn the steps Jesus said to take in order to be born again into the Kingdom of God. She thanked me.
You never know what the Spirit will do and what doors He will open if you obey Jesus' call to fish for men and go into all the world and share the gospel. You never know what the Spirit will do with the seeds sown in her life today. I pray the Lord will save her.
What about you? Are you obeying the Lord's call to learn to fish for men (Matt. 4:19)? Are you stepping out in faith, believing the Lord can use you to impact lives for eternity? If not, you're missing out on the most exciting, rewarding, and eternally fulfilling adventure of a lifetime.
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