Be God’s Sheep Dog!
"But what does it matter?"
Philippians 1: 18
God has a way of using peculiar people. John Vassar (1813-1878)
was one of them. He called himself “Good Shepherd’s dog, hunting
up the lost sheep.” He worked for souls day and night, and no one
was excluded from his burden.
One well-dressed woman was minding her own business when
Vassar approached her, urging her to give her life to Jesus. She
told him she didn’t believe any of the truths he was speaking, but
she later told her husband, “He is one of those persons you can’t
shut up.”
When Vassar met President Ulysses S. Grant, he held on his
hand until he had given him the Gospel. When introduced to
Brigham Young, Mormon leader, Vassar began asking him
about his soul and urging him to receive the true Gospel of
Jesus Christ.
Some people are bolder than others, and some are
plainspoken. Some don’t always have exactly the right
methods, and some may not even have the right motives.
“But what does it matter?” asked the apostle Paul.
The Gospel is being preached, and because of
that we rejoice.
"Young man, I’m using to the glory of God all the
grammar that I know, are you doing the same?"
D. L. Moody
to a young man who criticized his gramma
