My Daily Devotional

Our Great Commission

“For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 9:13

This past weekend I received a call from the local community center, about one of the young men that has been helping with some of the projects we have established to help the needy in our area. He had just attended a local church and had asked Jesus into his heart. This young man had a troubled past, as his family had been torn apart by divorce at an early age, which left him pretty much on his own throughout his teen aged years. He had gotten mixed up with the wrong crowd and had begun using drugs, and had gotten himself in trouble with the police. He was assigned to do community service as part of his punishment, and had been helping distribute food to the needy. During the time he was assigned to us, there were several of us that counseled with him almost on a daily basis. When I received the call about him turning his life over to God, it thrilled my heart to know that I had a small part in rescuing this young man. This is just one of many examples of what I have experienced during the past seven years as I have ventured out to reach lost souls. I believe Jesus’ great commission to go out and reach others is the most important thing that we can do in our walk with God. We have to venture out of our comfort zones and go where these people are. This young man would never have gone to church on his own, but being in the presence of people of God was enough influence in his life to change him and get his life back on track. This is where God wants Christians to be, trying to bring sinners to know what a life in Christ is like. We cannot do this only going to church on Sunday. Sunday is the time we need our own spiritual food, but then we need to be out helping others partake of the spiritual food as well.