His wife said, "George has been like this for 2 1/2 Days, just staring, not eating, not drinking". "You can talk to him but he probably can't hear you."
I was in my 4th year of ministry after Bible college, and this was my first face to face with someone at the door steps of death. In just a few moments I would realize the value of carrying the Word's of life with me. In the darkness of this night (as a family watching ..their husband, father and grandpa), We would realize the power of the Light that God has put as a treasure to be released from these "earthen vessels". George, in his last moments of life, would hear God's Word and give His heart to Jesus. He would be rescued. That early morning when he would breathe his last breath, he would be alive with Jesus in eternity. George was awakened and strengthen by the Spirit long enough to listen, trust, pray and then he left me with a question in his last words .....
His last words ever spoken on this planet ... never said another word ... went back into his coma like stare:
"BUT WHAT CAN I DO FOR JESUS!"
George's Faith was activated and alive for a moment of his need ...what a timely rescue. There was not a moment to lose. What if Faith had perished in my life? ...George might have been lost forever.
Is Faith perishing in your life?.... Are you totally neglecting the Word of God ... Day by Day ... Week by Week?
Are people blindly walking toward Hell all around you ? People you come in contact with every day?
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? Bible answer ..."a vapor that appears for a short time... and then vanishes away."
While that vapor is here, is it activating life around it ... is it leaving a life giving dew, a moment of beautiful deflection of the Sun, is it carrying a fresh smell of a New day ...
OR is it the smoke of house on fire ...smoke from a burning auto crash or a burning dump.
What if you were asked this question by a dying man? What advice could you offer? What ministry could you sign him up for? What creative life could you guide him to live that would glorify God?
Are you alive or do you lay dying?
2 Corinthians 2:15 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved , and in them that perish :
2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish , but that all should come to repentance.
2 Corinthians 4:16 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish , yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
RISE UP!
WHILE YOU HAVE STRENGTH ...ASK THE QUESTION... What can I do for Jesus?
Don't let faith perish...in your life.
HLFA,
Jeff