KEEP Your Eyes Open!
Have you ever noticed that when we “SEE” something for an extended period of time we simply seem to “get used to it”? For instance…when you put new paint on the walls or hang new curtains in a home…at first it’s new, looks great and feels fresh…but after a period of a few weeks or a month…all of a sudden you don’t notice it anymore. You’ve grown accustomed to it. It’s not that it has changed. It’s not that it isn’t as great as it ever was – it’s simply you now are “used to it” and look past it. That’s what happens with a lot of us as Christians. We lose our zeal for reaching others for Christ simply because we’ve “heard it before”. The need for churches and Christians to reach outside their walls is as needed (if not more so) than ever before. The world needs Jesus! We can tax and spend all the money in the world and seek to “budget to meet the need” but money isn’t the answer – JESUS IS! Do you have “missional eyes”? Are your eyes REALLY open when it comes to the lost world around you? Are you simply going through life – worried about bills, health, job, and etc – and yet you forget that every soul you meet is headed to heaven or hell? Jesus left a church in the world for the express purpose of reaching others for Him. All of our “meetings” and “events” must have the goal of reaching souls. The words “GO YE” are still in the book!!!