Today is the Day

3,125 people died this last hour.

A total of 75,000 people are going to die today.

75,000 people are going to die tomorrow.

And the next day.

And the day after that.

How many of them are going to Heaven? How many of them are going to hell?

There is no time to waste. Jesus wants us to reach the world. But why should we even care?

TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION

Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.
(2 Corinthians 6:2)

We never know when we’re going to die. But we can know where we’ll end up when we die. We can plan all we want to, but one wrong move on a highway and all our planning could be for nothing.

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I probably scared a little girl once by doing this, but I was telling her about Jesus at the park. I pointed at the cars driving down the state road next to us and asked her, “What would happen if one of those cars swerved and hit you? Where would you spend eternity?”

That opened her eyes to how short our lives can be. Things get real fast when you talk about what will happen to you when you die.

The little girl said that she didn’t know. So I led her to Jesus right then and there, and now she knows that when she dies she’ll spend her eternity in Heaven with Jesus.

Last Sunday at my church, a 60-year-old man that was given only five more weeks to live got saved. We prayed for healing so he wouldn’t die from cancer, but now he has no fear of death. He knows where he’s going.

We don’t know when people are going to die. Our friends, family, and strangers that we meet could be one of those 75,000 human beings that die every day and meet their Maker.

EVERY MOMENT WE HESITATE TO OBEY GOD IS A CHANCE WASTED

If you’re anything like me, you’re going crazy over this information. It makes me want to run outside my house and flail and go crazy and go door to door telling people about Jesus before they die.

But all we really have to do about this is obey God; more on that in the last point.

There’s a story about a Christian man who had a Muslim neighbor. Every day for years, they would see each other in the morning and wave. They were great friends.

One night, the Christian man had a dream that his Muslim neighbor died and went to hell. In the dream, the Muslim man wrote the Christian man a letter, saying, “I lived next to you every day for years. You were my friend. Why did you never tell me? WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?”

The man shot awake, sweating. He rushed next door to tell his Muslim neighbors about Jesus.

After banging on the door, the Muslim man’s wife answered.

The Christian man asked to see the Muslim man.

The wife shook her head. “He died last night.”

These situations happen every day.

They’re what I think about when I’m nervous to go up to somebody and tell them about Jesus. Along with boldness from the Holy Spirit, they’re what lead me on to tell these people about Him.

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Every moment we hesitate to obey God is a chance wasted. I remember one time I was at a water park with my friends and we were climbing the stairs to a water ride. On the halfway landing, a teenage girl stood alone.

My heart was thumping out of my chest. I should tell her about Jesus. But the line was moving faster, and I didn’t want to talk to someone I didn’t know. I’m a socially awkward and shy little bean, you know.

But God told me to. So I put my pride in my pocket and asked people to excuse me as I plodded down the stairs to the halfway point.

“Has anyone ever told you that God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life?

Turns out, someone had. She was already a Christian. But her face lit up. God obviously had a reason for sending me to tell her that.

Who knows? Maybe she felt alone in her faith. Maybe she was facing persecution. Maybe she was doubting God.

Had I not obeyed God, who knows what could’ve happened?

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW?

God doesn’t want us to feel stressed and overwhelmed about the 40% of the world that hasn’t heard about His Son. I have to keep constantly reminding myself that the fate of the world doesn’t rest on my shoulders. I’m not the only person who cares about where people will spend eternity.

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What God does want us to do is obey Him the moment He tells us to do something. Delayed obedience is disobedience.

In Mark 16:15, Jesus says, “Go out into all the word and preach the Gospel to every single person.” I talked about the Great Commission in this post.

But not all of us are in a position to hop on a plane to India and be a missionary tomorrow.

There’s something all of us can do about those 75,000 people dying each day. We can all do three things to make sure as many of them are going to Heaven as possible.

1. PRAY

Pray and ask God what He wants you to do.

Does He want you to join your church’s prison outreach? Does He want you to call up that friend and ask if they’re going to Heaven? Does He want you to give money to mission outreaches? Or does He want you to simply pray for the strength of missionaries on the field or evangelists in the city right now?

Now, a lot of times, praying is the only thing people do, because it’s free and easy. It doesn’t have to require personal sacrifice.

Prayer is important and powerful; but if we give a quick “Lord, give Your ministers strength” and continue on, we’re not really doing anything. If all God wants us to do is pray, we have to put our all into it—not use it as the easy way out so we don’t feel guilty we didn’t do anything else.

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
(James 5:16)

2. SOW

I can’t take a flight to Pakistan and join our missionaries right now. So I gave over $1,200 to them last year instead (I mentioned in this post it was only $600, but I found out it was way more?! O_O)

And I’m not saying that to go “yay me.” I’m a fourteen-year-old kid with no job and no allowance. There’s no “yay me” anywhere in that. It’s all God. See what God is willing to do through you if you’ll only let Him and honor Him with everything you do?

It does not matter your age. God is just looking for a willing vessel.

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.
(Isaiah 1:19)

When God gives us the green light, will we make moves or make excuses?

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3. GO

And there are times where we will be in a position to tell someone about Jesus. There are times where He’ll lead us to do something that may be uncomfortable or out of our comfort zone.

But it’s important to obey Him when He says to do it. That man wasn’t obedient to ever share Jesus with his Muslim neighbor—and the neighbor went to hell because of it. Maybe the man was willing, but he never made it a priority.

Is obeying the lead of the Holy Spirit a priority for you? Are you willing to step out and do whatever He tells you to do—with no hesitation?

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The easiest way to hear God twice is to obey Him once. The more you step out and do what He’s leading you to, the clearer you will hear that that still, small whisper.

This week, I challenge you.

Start impacting lives today by praying and asking God what you can do to obey Him. It all starts with being willing… and obedient to His call. When God gives us the green light, will we make moves—pray, sow, go—or make excuses?

DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO OBEY GOD WITHOUT HESITATION? (ME, TOO.) WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU STEPPED OUT AND OBEYED HIM? TELL ME ABOUT IT!

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