A Rwandan"s confession

In 1980 a young man from Rwanda was forced by his tribe to either renounce Christ or face certain death. He refused to renounce Christ, and he was killed on the spot. The night before he had written the following commitment which was found in his room:“I’m part of the fellowship of the unashamed, the die has been cast, I have stepped over the line, the decision has been made- I’m a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away or be still.My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I’m finished and done with low living, sight walking, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed vision, worldly talking, cheap giving & dwarfed goals.My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I won’t give up, shut up, let up until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up for the cause of Jesus Christ.I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till everyone knows, work till He stops me & when He comes for His own, He will have no trouble recognizing me because my banner will have been clear.”

Such unflinching commitment and singlemindedness is alas lacking in our modern day churches> Instead, our churches resound with the songs of the lukewarm :

Blest Be The Tie That Doesn't Cramp My Style
Pillow of Ages, Fluffed for Me
I Surrender Some
I'm Fairly Certain That My Redeemer Lives
Sit Up, Sit Up For Jesus
Take My Life and Let Me Be
What An Acquaintance We Have In Jesus
Where He Leads Me, I Will Consider Following
He's Quite a Bit To Me
Oh, How I Like Jesus
Fill My Spoon, Lord
It Is My Secret What God Can Do

We mourn for the lukewarmness... the fact that many can carry on their normal lives, unconvicted by the fact that each day, each hour, each minute, there are people being sent to a Christless eternity.

A Sower's Prayer

On sunday, we were blessed to have Dr David Geisler share his heart on evangelism in our church. Dr Geilser spoke about the challenges of evangelism today. One of the challenges is the erosion of truth. It is hard to proclaim forgiveness of sins and need for repentance to people who believe that morality is relative and that they have no sins which require forgiveness. Hence, the need to expand the evangelism paradigm today . Dr Geisler also addressed the need for pre-evangelism today. This entails tilling of the soil of their minds and hearts to prepare them to be at least willing and open to hear the truth. What really struck me though was the reasons why Christians are not evangelising as much as they should be. One reason is that we ourselves dont realise the degree to which we have been forgiven: see Luke 7:47. As Christ said: "For those who have been forgiven much, they love much." We need to be reminded daily about how much we have been forgiven. Another reason is that we often forget the urgency of the task at hand and we lose the eternal perspective of things.

As I was mulling and reflecting over these gems of wisdom , the Lord placed the words of a song in my heart at 2 am on Monday morning. Its a song called " A Sower's prayer" and the lyrics run like this :

A Sower's prayer

Lord, Help me sow one seed for you today
Help me draw someone closer Lord to you each day
Make me a channel of your blessing from above
That I may be your instrument of hope and love

Lord, help me pass your gift of love along the way
That I may touch one soul for you Oh Lord each day
And may you bless each seed that I may sow
And cause that little seed each day to grow

Chorus

Enlarge my heart oh Lord that I may see
How much every soul means to Thee
For you sent your only son to die on Calvary
Forever grateful for the price you paid for me


Lord, help me sow one seed for you today
And help point someone to the Cross along the way
In the way someone had sown a seed in me
And helped me find my way back home to Calvary

Repeat Chorus

I am going to do a demo of the song whilst the melody is still fresh in my mind and share it with others. Lets continue to seize every opportunity to sow into the lives of others . Amen.