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James 5: 20 Remember this: Whoever
turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover
over a multitude of sins. (NIV)
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Do heroes know when they are heroic? Rarely.* |
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I have never saved
another person’s life, but I am sure that it is an exhilarating experience.
Those who do it on a daily basis – firefighters, EMTs, medical professionals –
truly are heroes. But behind each one of these lifesavers we find support
personnel without whom they could not perform their valiant deeds. File clerks,
dispatchers, janitors, mechanics – all provide an invaluable contribution
back-stage.
Never won anyone
to the Lord? Never turned a sinner from the error of his ways? Are you sure
about that? If you are a parent of adults who are faithfully serving the Lord,
you are a successful soul-winner. If you have ever prayed for someone until she
finally gave her life to the Lord, you have made an invaluable contribution to
the salvation of that soul. Do you have some “little” task that you perform at
your church, enabling your preacher to concentrate on his job? Have you ever
encouraged someone who was out there in the trenches with the lost souls? Do
you regularly provide financial support to a missionary family?
According to Paul
in I Corinthians chapter 3, we are only servants through whom others come to
believe. God has assigned to each of us our tasks, he says. Paul uses himself
and his friend Apollos as an example of the teamwork required to fulfill our mission.
Paul says he planted, Apollos watered, but God made the garden grow. We may not
all do the same job but we have the same purpose.
Whether we
perform our soul-saving in public or behind the scenes, “we are God’s fellow
workers” (I Corinthians 3: 9), and we are instrumental in turning sinners from
the error of their ways.
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When the church pulls together in God’s intended direction, great things are accomplished.* |
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