Searching for One Lost Soul
There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. —Luke 15:10
Many Christians have the false notion that their witness to one individual doesn¡¯t count for much. But that is not true. God is always paying a great attention for One Lost Soul to be saved.
As we have a new year, we also need to focus on one individual as Jesus did. We can explore and find out what Jesus did through his 3 year¡¯s ministry. He was fully focusing on one individual. He was always searching for one lost soul.
It's true that Jesus preached to multitudes in Judea, fed 5,000 people gathered by the Sea of Galilee, and ministered to the large crowds in Capernaum. Yet He never lost sight of the value of one soul!
We are encouraged when we read of His conversation at night with one man named Nicodemus (John 3); of His visit with one woman at a well in Samaria (John 4); and of His personal interest in one man named Zacchaeus, who had climbed up into a sycamore tree to get a better look at the Lord (Luke 19).
How thrilled he must have been when Jesus singled him out of the multitude and said, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house" (v.5).
If you are ever tempted to minimize the value of your personal, individual witness to a single soul, remember Jesus' example. The Bible says there is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents.
But this world today sees a person as a number amongst the billions of people who occupy this planet. Life is cheap and not worth much to the thinking of many, but Our God cares for one individual by giving himself through Jesus Christ. God gave life and created every soul. Then God gave His Son to die for each individual. God writes each name in the Lamb's Book of Life when believe in Jesus Christ. How could we say a person is worthless that He died for? We need to see the value of those we feel are inferior to us and those we've never met before.
I pray that this year will be the time of Harvest for a lost soul around you as Jesus did. May God richly bless you and a Happy New Year!