Fifty years ago, this month, I was a candidate for the New York State Senate in what was then the 98th Senatorial District—Dutchess and Ulster Counties.
It was at that time that I was made to realize that our world will never be saved by politicians, or for that matter, those in any other field of endeavor…even preachers.
One command of the Lord stands out in my mind today: “Work while it is yet day, for the night comes when no man (or woman) can work.”
I lost track of that command several times over the past 50 years, and now I am once again led to focus my experiences and understanding on this business of reaching the lost and edifying the found.
I’ve become convinced that—because each of us is fearfully and wonderfully made, and that we are amazingly unique—that our approach to achieving God’s will for our individual lives must also be unique.
That requires more “knee time” than we are generally willing to invest, and a lot of “to thine own self,” oops! “to thine own God, be true.” We each need the Lord to show us the way.
In my case, it requires that I do not compare myself with others, or even consider what the giants of the faith might have accomplished through the ages. God did not call me to be a “giant,” but a “servant,” to simply labor faithfully in my own little corner of the vineyard, and never to compare my methods or to measure my success against those of others.
In all cases, I’m to do the best I can with what I have, wherever I am, trusting the Lord to take me where I ought to go.
Right now, it’s writing these books about CC, with the prayer that somewhere down the line, they might fall into the hands of a few who will read them, and by the grace of God, find “life” in Jesus Christ.
If my readers are helped to appreciate the dangers of this present evil world, and are encouraged to prepare for these dangers, and are also made aware of their individual responsibility to touch the hearts and minds of others with the truths of God, then I can ask no more.
I think that’s all the Lord expects of me…
What about you?