It Never Gets Old

 I preached a hard sermon yesterday morning distinguishing between a church member and a disciple. We had our son Taylor and wife Abby in town for the weekend. After the service, I had a short meeting with our deacons. Brenda interrupted that meeting with the news that I had someone in my office who needed to talk to me. I finished up my meeting and strolled to the office where I found a young mother and her daughter. 

I queried what the nature of our visit was about. Her reply, "I'm tired of not being close to God. I want to get back to Him." Upon further examination, it turned out she had never been saved. Her and her husband have been through a lot the past several years. They lost their home in wildfires in 2024. Her husband got sick and was hospitalized and out of work for several months. Our church rallied around them in several ways including giving them food. 

This young lady was not saved. I explained to her the gospel message and invited her to ask Jesus to save her. She wanted to be saved and asked for it. Jesus did the rest. She wept as I shared with her the truth of Luke 15:7 which declares there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over 99 people who do not need to repent. This news caused her to weep even more. It was a beautiful time. 

That is what it is all about. Children of wrath becoming children of God. Those dead in their trespasses are made alive spiritually in Jesus. Sons and daughters of disobedience are transformed because God is rich in mercy and grace. Ephesians 2:1-5

That never gets old. I got to be a part of the same things a couple of Wednesday nights ago with a junior high young man who cried out to Jesus to save him. He had tears in his eyes afterward also. It never gets old watching Jesus change lives. I wish we got to see it more often. We celebrate those salvations with the ordinance of baptism. I love it when the baptism is full of water and we rejoice with the newly saved who go under the water. IT NEVER GETS OLD. I wish we saw it happen every week. 

God is working on people right now. He told us the harvest was plentiful in Matthew 9:37. He also said in that verse that the workers are few. We must keep telling the good news. We must keep introducing people to Jesus. We must obey the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 to keep making disciples. There are plenty of people who still do not know the way of salvation. May the Lord use us to tell the truth of the gospel. May the Lord saving people never get old for any of us.