It's for you!

Tell me if this has ever happened. You are sitting in a restaurant enjoying a wonderful meal with friends and family. Suddenly, the waitress walks up with a cordless phone in her hand. After asking if “so-and-so” is at the table, you suddenly realize the call is for you. Somehow, someway, whoever was on the other side of the call found you and called you out. At that point you have to make a decision. Am I going to take the call or not? This actually happened last week while we were at dinner with friends. By the way, my friend decided to take the call.

Last Sunday I was fortunate to hear my friend Frank Shelton, Jr. as he spoke at a local church. He was on a whirlwind tour of my state, preaching 5 times – in 5 different churches – in 5 days. It made me tired just reading his itinerary.

Frank is an excellent communicator. He had several good points in his sermon but one quote he said really hit home with me and I wanted to share my thoughts. Frank said “some are called to preach. Some are called to teach. But we are all called to reach.”

Not everyone can get behind a pulpit and “preach” to a crowd of people. Not everyone can “teach” a classroom full of raucous 2^nd graders every Sunday morning.

But we are ALL called to “reach”. Matthew 28:19 tells us that we are to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,”

• Jesus didn’t tell us to convert them. We cannot save anyone.
• He didn’t tell us to convince them. It’s not an argument or up for debate.
• He simply told us to convey them. Convey means to take, carry, transport, etc. It is our job to take, carry, and transport sinners to Christ. He will take it from there.

How can we ALL do this? In the next verse Jesus gives the secret. "I am with you always, to the end of the age."

So next time you hear a phone ring, or the waitress walks up to your table with the cordless – it might just be for you.  That scenario might never happen in your life.

But their is a more important call given today. Somehow, someway, Jesus has found you. Jesus is calling your number. Are you going to take it?