Where are the committed ones?

Where are the committed ones?

The Bible states in 2 Chronicles 16:9: "For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him."

Where are the committed ones?

Where are the ones that are committed to advancing the kingdom without concern for their own personal agendas?

Where are the ones who are willing to sacrifice to "do whatever it takes," without a thought as to the when, where, why and how?

In his book "Don't Waste Your Life", John Piper recounts a story his father often told in his days as a fiery Baptist evangelist. It is the story of a man who came to saving faith in Jesus Christ near the end of his earthly existence.

Piper writes:

"The church had prayed for this man for decades. He was hard and resistant. But this time, for some reason, he showed up when my father was preaching. At the end of the service, during a hymn, to everyone's amazement he came and took my father's hand. They sat down together on the front pew of the church as the people were dismissed. God opened his heart to the Gospel of Christ, and he was saved from his sins and given eternal life. But that did not stop him from sobbing and saying, as the tears ran down his wrinkled face, "I've wasted it! I've wasted it!"

My prayer for all of us is that we again recognize we are to do more with our lives than "waste" them in front of a television set.

God calls us to reach our community for Him!

Don't waste it by living for yourself when you can use it instead for the glory of God.