Who Cares?

Your answer could depend on how you say that question. Your inflection could mean you obviously don't care and who else would either? Or it could mean God's gotten hold of your spirit and is digging around in there (he so loves doing that!) dredging up desires to reach out to a lost and dying world. A world that, for the most part, doesn't know Jesus. I'm not perfect in this area, but it certainly does matter to me lately. I care! Here's my condensed thoughts on the matter:

1) We need to help people.
We live in a selfish society. Other's needs? Who Cares? It's all about me! Isn't it high time we got out of ourselves and started helping others? There are plenty of opportunities all around us. No matter where you are, you can help someone else.

Oh, I can hear it now . . . but I don't have time!

2) Stop whining and change your schedule!
Is that TV show really that important? Get a VCR! Is your schedule so inviolate that you can't be a Christian? So what are you hanging around for? I'm sure there are plenty other churches that welcome bench-warmers. Not The Salvation Army! We're all about winning this world for Jesus and we can't do it without people who can adjust their schedules. It's God's timing or ours, after all.

Don't have enough time? Get up earlier. Sleep is over-rated and we usually sleep way too much anyway. No one has any more time that anyone else- 24/7. That's it. It's all in how you use that precious time God has given you. I bet you have plenty of time to do the things that are really important to you. Oops- that's it- are the lost important to you?

Want the Reader's Digest version? A rut is a hole and you won't get anyplace new if you stay in one. Put yourself out! Who cares about your schedule? People need you.

3) Witness.
Why does this seem so scary? Someone's dying; you save them from dying by introducing them to a friend. Why is that scary? It's incredible! Here's some truth: "The world is more ready to receive the gospel than Christians are to hand it out" (George Peters). I can tell you (especially after this week)- there's nothing better than to lead someone to Jesus! You don't need to know the whole Bible- just introduce them to Jesus- he'll take it from there.

So Who Cares? Don't tell me about it- show me! Do something about it. There's a lost world out there waiting for you!