Scripture Reading: Matthew 24:42-51
Focus Verse: Matthew 24:45 "A
faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the
responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding
them."
As you look at the bad news from around the world today, you would think
that the world is falling apart. It's true that there is conflict and
serious problems in many countries, but what are we to do during such
difficult times?
Dwight Moody once said, "I look upon this world as a wrecked
vessel. It's ruin is getting nearer and nearer. God said, Moody,
here's a lifeboat. Go out and rescue as many as you can before the ship
sinks."
The answer is that we are to do the same thing in tough times that we do during
times of peace when everything is going well. John 9:4 says, "We must
quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The
night is coming, and then no one can work." There is a final day coming
when our work must stop. If we don't get busy now, we will not be able
to finish the task Christ has given us to do.
If the end seemed near then in 1899 when Moody lived, how much closer to
the end we must be now? Much of the world is still open to the
Gospel. What are you doing about it? We are not responsible for the
generation that lived before us, and we are not responsible for the
generation that will live after us. We are responsible to reach this
generation for Christ.
Every year we are seeing thousands of people come to Christ in Western
Kenya, but also every year thousands of people die and slip into
eternity without Christ. We will not stop giving out the good news. We
will not retreat, we will not get tired. We will work until that final
day when Christ returns and takes us home.
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
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