What I've Been Thinking About

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6

Every day of our live we encounter people. There's the waiter at IHOP, the kid that sits next to you in History and the person pumping gas at the next pump over. There's the mother with a little girl at the park, the cashier at Walmart and the the person in line behind you at Starbucks. Each of these people has a life of their own, completely seperate from yours. You might see them once a week, or maybe once in your life. But, what we completely fail to think about is that at the end of their life (and we don't know when that is) they are going to one of two places: Heaven or Hell. *

As Christians we go through our lives completely oblivious of this. We see them and we might even smile, but that is as far as it goes. We figure that they either already know about Jesus and his love or we assume that someone else will tell them. We are too embarrassed to tell them that Jesus loves them and is the only way to God. But, what if we are the only person that they come in contact with that knows the truth? Where does embarrassment have a place when someone's soul is on the line? It doesn't.

We should be taking ever opportunity possible to tell people about Jesus and how he saved us. We should be bursting at the seams, unable to contain the truth that He came to this earth, lived a sinless life, and then died on the cross for us. Because, when it comes down to it, that is all that matters.

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9

*One of the college students at my church mentioned this idea