By Greg Laurie
28 So we tell others about Christ, warning
everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to
present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ.
Colossians 1:28
16 This is what the Lord
says— he
who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, 18 “Forget the former things; do
not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now
it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:16, 18-19
In his book, Nearing
Home, Billy Graham said, "God doesn't want us to waste our latter
years or spend them in superficial, meaningless pursuits. Instead, He wants us
to use them in whatever ways we can to influence those who will come after us.
God wants us to finish well. . . ."
One day, your most precious possessions will fit inside a hospital drawer. You will leave it all behind and will enter into eternity. What kind of legacy will you leave? If you are a Christian, are you seeking to win people to Christ? Are you helping anyone to get on their feet spiritually, grow, and continue on to serve the Lord?
Someone did this for me. I accepted Christ during a meeting at my high school, but afterward, I was sort of left all alone, wondering what I was supposed to do. But then God brought along someone named Mark. He introduced himself and told me that he wanted to take me to church and that I needed to go to church if I wanted to grow spiritually. He was persistent in a good way. He brought me to church again and again. Mark showed up at a critical moment in my life. If he hadn't, I tremble to think of where I would have ended up. He was just some regular guy who had a concern for me and took time with me.
You can be that regular person for someone else. Are you doing that? If not, will you start?
You can't really control when God will call you home. That is not up to you. You don't determine the date of your birth or the date of your death. But you have everything to do with what you do between those dates. So finish well.
One day, your most precious possessions will fit inside a hospital drawer. You will leave it all behind and will enter into eternity. What kind of legacy will you leave? If you are a Christian, are you seeking to win people to Christ? Are you helping anyone to get on their feet spiritually, grow, and continue on to serve the Lord?
Someone did this for me. I accepted Christ during a meeting at my high school, but afterward, I was sort of left all alone, wondering what I was supposed to do. But then God brought along someone named Mark. He introduced himself and told me that he wanted to take me to church and that I needed to go to church if I wanted to grow spiritually. He was persistent in a good way. He brought me to church again and again. Mark showed up at a critical moment in my life. If he hadn't, I tremble to think of where I would have ended up. He was just some regular guy who had a concern for me and took time with me.
You can be that regular person for someone else. Are you doing that? If not, will you start?
You can't really control when God will call you home. That is not up to you. You don't determine the date of your birth or the date of your death. But you have everything to do with what you do between those dates. So finish well.
