An Unworthy Servant

“I am no prophet or the son of a prophet, but there is one thing I know: A revolution is coming and there is no way to stop it! It is going to sweep across our nation as quickly as a prairie fire borne by strong southern winds. And nothing will be able to stand before it. ...Whatever efforts we make to confront our coming revolution will be as silly and as ineffective as those suggested by some in a past century. The revolution has begun, and shortly will take over every federal government office, judgeship, police force, state government, school, hospital, business and every church. This is certain and sure, and there will be no exceptions. This revolution is the youth of today. Today we have the opportunity to teach and train. Tomorrow will be too late. It is of unspeakable importance to ‘train up a child in the way he should go’. If we work upon marble, it will perish; if on brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds, and imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love of our fellow-men, we engrave on those tablets something that will brighten to all eternity.” – Daniel Webster
There was a barber who thought he should share his faith with customers more than he had been doing. So the next morning he vowed to himself, “I’m going to ‘witness’ to the next person that walks in that door.” A man walked in and stated he wanted a shave. The barber stepped into the next room, said a prayer that he would say the right thing, and returned to his customer, razor in one hand and a Bible in the other. “Good morning sir”, he said, “I have a question for you – are you ready to die?”
A businessman, well known for his ruthlessness, once announced to Mark Twain, “Before I die I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I’m going to climb Mount Sinai and atop that mountain I’ll read aloud the Ten Commandments.” “I have a better idea”, replied Twain. “You could stay in Boston and keep them.”
[Matthew 20: 20-28] A group of children were asked in Sunday morning Bible class, “Why do you love the Lord?” One child responded, “I don’t know sir, I guess it just runs in our family.” Think about it and that statement is both true and sad at the same time. There are many who profess to be a Christian and have no idea why. They’re simply walking along behind someone else thinking they’ll walk straight into heaven with them. Our theme and goal for the year 2009 in our congregation is to become better servants, not only to our fellow man but to the Gospel of our Lord. Over the years we have done a great “disservice” toward our children and to those seeking the Lord. We have taken them by the hand, taught them just enough about God and Jesus to awaken their spirit, but then fail to help them mature in the spirit. The church is doing a great job of socializing folks, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, but learning how to get along with each other and surviving in the world from day to day isn’t going to get me into heaven. I’ve had a letter on my desk for three months now, from a man in prison asking for a Bible and some lessons to help him grow spiritually, and I haven’t found the time to fulfill this simple request. I am an unworthy servant of God and the Gospel of Christ. Why is the world in financial crisis? We have failed as parents and spiritual leaders to prove to others that the physical world is finite and spirituality is forever.