Colossians 1:29. "Where unto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily."
WORTH THE EFFORT. If someone hadn't cared, where would I be? Now that same responsibility is passed on to me. "Why bother?" you say, "It's a person's own choice!" That certainly is true, but God has given me the voice To use in admonishing and teaching that others may hear, And respond with repentance and reverential fear
To the God of the Gospel that they might be saved. It is worth a mighty effort to pass on all that we have.
When we present the Gospel, we are not speaking out of turn. We are passing on to others what we have personally learned. The work of God in me has worked often powerfully. The effect of that truth received will last eternally. Any person who accepts what Christ died to provide, Will experience the power of the Spirit who dwells inside, And instructs me to want others to hear and receive The Lord Jesus as their own Savior in whom they believe.
The ongoing work of God through us is God's way of passing His salvation message to others so that life everlasting Is not just a subject of spiritual songs we sing; But is the kind of life God gives when people believe the message we bring. Just imagine if no one to others would tell The way of salvation and deliverance from hell! To labor mightily in the Gospel is certainly worth the effort to me; Knowing others in their turn, fruit in the Gospel will see.
"I thank Thee, Father, for impressing the importance of Gospel preaching on me this morning. I have been thinking I may be too old for people to listen to. Thanks for reminding me that it is not the messenger, but the message that is important. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."