I’ve watched all the news reports today about the remembrances of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. As I’ve seen them I have wept and my heart has grown heavy once again. I have again thought of all those who died that day in NYC, at the Pentagon and in the field in Pennsylvania. My first reaction to that infamous day in 2001 was shock but then the realization that there were over 3,000 souls that met their eternal destination that day. While I grieved the horror of what had happened that day and the potential of future devastation, my heart was consumed with whether or not all those that died had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ before they died. My heart ached to think that there were probably those who did not find themselves in Heaven with Jesus but eternally separated from the Lord after their death. My grief was overwhelming and my prayer was that the Lord would draw people to Himself in the aftermath of the tragedy. During the days after 9/11 my heartache remained deep within me until the Lord gave me His assurance that He is in absolute control. My job was now the act of praying for those still apart from Christ... that He would use this tragedy to draw the unsaved to Him and His gift of salvation... that He would work this all together for good and that He would be glorified in it all.
So today I find myself with that broken heart again for the unsaved. Again I know that the Lord is sovereign and that He will again use this to draw people to Himself through His Son. Again it is my job to pray for the unsaved and share the gospel with others by the power of His Holy Spirit. I cannot save the lost, but He can and will and does. That in itself is a comfort to me. There is nothing that He cannot do. He will bring good and be glorified in this once again. Something that only HE can do.
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’” Matthew 19:26
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