Our Call as Believers

I have had something in my spirit now for a while and I need to talk about it. There are many Christians out here in the world who read thier bibles, go to church, and pray on a regular basis but don't have a heart for souls. How can you sit and enjoy what God has done for you and not offer it to anyone else?

My wife and I believe we have been called not to the saved but to the lost. And this is what is often difficult to talk about but I must tell the truth. The bible says in Luke 5:27-32, "After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. 'Follow me', Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Jesus knew His calling. And He knew He wasn't doing the Pharisees any good since they already believed they didn't need any help and were comfortable in their faith. So He is hope for all who will just believe. He knew it was more important to be ready to minister to someone who is feeling downtrodden because of the many judgments placed on them by imperfect men. He knew He needed to represent God among people who didn't realize that they needed God around them.

That's what I believe Christians as imitators of Christ should be doing. You see I could go to church every Sunday and get my "Word" and come home and read my bible and get my "Word" then get up in the morning and pray to God and get my "Word". But if I'm not giving that word to someone who may never go to church, or read their bible, or pray, then what good am I to God? I get so sick of people saying we shouldn't be hanging around with unbelievers when that's all Jesus did.

When I went through my depression for 15 years and I cut myself at night and put a knife to my wrists and throat many times, when I cried myself to sleep every night while being a motivational speaker and national sales trainer during the day, when I spent a week in the mental hospital after coming to the "end of my life", I wish I had someone who knew God that came up to me and gave me hope. Adn I made a promise to God that I would never sit on my sanctimonious "Christian high horse" and act like I've never committed a sin against someone else or myself. I promised God that I would be a light in the dark to someone who needed God and I asked God to send me a wife who felt the same. And guess what? He did!! He sent me Marlas, the love of my life.

I am so grateful for what God has done for me. He has literally brought me from the brink of death several times! How can I now want others to know? If I don't tell someone who God is, how will they know? They may eventually hear it from someone else in their lifetime, but what if they don't? I don't want anyone to perish, so I will minister to womever God leads me to, regardless of whether they are a "perfect Christian" or not. I know I speak for Marlas when I say, "We love you all very much and we are so grateful for what God is doing in everyone's lives." Whenever you need a word or a prayer, please never hesitate to ask, because I remember the times when I didn't have anyone to ask. I don't ever want anyone to go through that if I can help it. I pray success for everything you have set out to do in Jesus' name!

God bless you,

Robert T Sells

http://www.robertsellsonline.com/