Lake Baptism Day

 Hundreds of hours of prayer. Secured permits. Vision casting. More prayer. VBS, children camp, Bible club, and Summers Last Blast. Gospel messages preached on Sundays. All leading up to over two dozen people who were saved or have been saved, but never followed through with baptism. All leading up today. The day scheduled for the Lake Meredith baptisms. Our youngest candidate who got all this rolling is a young 5th grade girl named Lauren. She trusted Christ as her Savior back at the beginning of summer. She wanted to be baptized in the lake. She agreed to wait so that several of her friends were also saved this summer can join her. She waited up to the last person talking to me last week just to remind me she only had to wait one more week. She will be the first to be baptized today.

Our oldest candidate for baptism is 85. She is scared of large bodies of water, but feels compelled to overcome her fear and be baptized today. There are other adults and students who will join her.

People have reported they have many coming to worship today. Extra chairs have been set out. Following our morning service, where I will one more time make an evangelistic push, we will all travel to the lake. We will start baptizing at 1:30. How many? I don't know. I know it will be largest number of baptisms I have been a part of in one service. I fully expect others to be saved today and to join in the celebration.

They will line up at 1:30 and one other guy and myself will start the joyous celebration. One after the other. People want to know how many. I do not have a number. We will just keep baptizing the next one until there are no others. We will ask each one before plunging them into the water about their salvation experience.

I pray for many more to be added to that number today. Dozens more. To glorify God and demonstrate what God can do in answer to fervent prayer. It will be a day to remember. When all is said and done, we are not finished. There are still thousands of lost souls in this community and county. May we work prayerfully and boldly to see God reach as many of them as possible. May He be pleased to rescue the perishing and the baptismal waters in local churches constantly be stirred with new converts professing their faith through baptism. The harvest is plentiful. May the Lord send out more workers in the fields of lost souls to lovingly lead them to salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ.