Fingers In The Dust!
"The Lord opened her heart to
respond to Paul’s message."
Acts 16: 14
Leading one to Jesus is the most wonderful thing in
the
world, but we do less than one-half of one percent
of the work. Others have come before us planting the
seed. That’s the other one-half percent. Ninety-nine
percent belongs to the Lord, who opens the heart of
the one who responds.
God does the whole work. He uses us along the
way. As Paul said, “I planted, Apollos
watered,
but God gave the increase” (1 Corinthians 3:6).
As we share God’s Word with others, remember that God
is the One who will work in their hearts. Our responsibility
is to make sure that we are actively sharing. Present the
Gospel as
best we can, but it doesn’t depend on our
knowledge, powers of persuasion.
People find Christ from as little as a verse written
by a truck driver’s finger on the dust of his or her
eighteen-wheeler if that’s the means God chooses
to use.
Simply say a word to someone
today on behalf of our Lord!
"Lydia did not open her own heart. Paul did not do it.
the Lord Himself must open the heart. We can get
at human brains, but God alone
can arouse human
affections."
Charles Spurgeon
