Burden For Souls

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,and he who wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 11:30 (NIV)

I am so excited about this verse! “He [or she] who wins souls is wise.” Ladies, as children of God, we need to be about our Father’s business. God loves people. He really, really loves people.

Brandon Heath has a great song that’s really a prayer. It’s called “Give Me Your Eyes.”

Give me your eyes for just one second

Give me your eyes so I can see

Everything that I keep missing

Give me your love for humanity

There’s a man just to [the] right

Black suit and a bright red tie

Too ashamed to tell his wife

He’s out of work, he’s buying time

All those people going somewhere

Why have I never cared?

Give me your heart for the ones forgotten

Give me your eyes so I can see

Now listen to what Jesus said: “I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest” (John 4:35, NIV).

Maybe you are thinking, I can’t share the gospel with others. Please let me tell you, God never commands us to do that which he will not enable us to do. The Gospel of Mark 2:14 records the day when Matthew, the tax collector, left his old life to follow Jesus. In the next verse we read that he invited all his old friends to dinner, with one intention. He wanted them to know the Savior too.

The first person who witnessed to me was a high school friend. So many years later when I went to my high school reunion, I prayed for divine appointments, took copies of the Gospel of John to hand out, and told people how Jesus had changed my life.

Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!

Prayer is always the first place to start if you would like to share the gospel. God will show you a lonely neighbor, a troubled teen, your newly married niece who needs him. Just keep praying, and God will give you the next step. The first step might be scary, but sometimes we just have to “do it scared.”

One Year Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 5:1–6:25; Luke 7:11-35; Psalm 68:19-35; Proverbs 11:29-31