by Linzy Slayden
King Solomon prayed, “that [God] maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of the people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require” (1 Kings 8:59). What was the cause?
“That the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else” (verse 60).
What a great cause! Is there a cause you can give your whole life to? Surrendering your life to Jesus Christ will give you a passion for Him and for the lost that is indescribable.
One thousand years from now, what will be the only thing that will matter? Will it matter how much money someone makes? Will it matter what kind of car we drive or how big our house is? Will it matter that Oklahoma University won the first ever BCS playoff to be the NCCA National Champions in college football? Will the results of the 2012 Olympics matter? Or how about the elections to be held this fall? One thousand years from now, the only thing that will matter is who is in heaven and who is in hell. And if that is the only thing that will matter then, that should be our concern now.
The real question is: What are we doing of significance today that will matter 1,000 plus years from now?
God did not save our souls just to sit in church. We have a cause. We have been saved to share.
One of the great strengths of the BBFI is our focus on winning souls. We are an evangelistic movement. May it ever be so! Every local church should be full of soul-winners. The faculty, staff, and administration in our colleges should be soul-winners. The students in our colleges should be soul-winners. We should be looking for ways to share the soul-saving, life-saving gospel of Jesus Christ in our communities. We should be teaching it, preaching it, and modeling it!
There is too much work to be done to be petty or selfish or short-sighted. The strong future of the BBFI lies in cooperating together in the great work of world evangelism.
I would like to challenge our Fellowship to designate September as “Saved to Share” month. Let’s share the gospel.
Former Beatle George Harrison said in an interview, “There is nothing more important than finding out what is after death. What happens after we die?” It was Harrison’s faith, the interviewer stated, that got him through his battle with cancer. One of his big solo hits was “My Sweet Lord.” The only problem was that Harrison was not a Christian; his lord was a Hindu god! Although his faith may have helped him through his illness, it will not help him on Judgment Day. This world needs Jesus for that!
Charles Spurgeon once said, “I would sooner bring one sinner to Jesus Christ than unravel all the mysteries of the divine Word, for salvation is the one thing we are to live for.”