sowing on sunday

I want to take this opportunity to encourage everyone out there in Blog World to listen up and be encouraged to go out on Sunday for City Evangelism. OK don't stop reading just cos I mentioned the 'e-word'... I don't want to write this to guilt you into going, but at the same time, if you aren't going and you don't feel guilty, well I will just let my old buddy Spurgie do the talking:

Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you are not saved yourself - be sure of that! [CH Spurgeon]

If you feel that you are lacking a bit of enthusiasm for City Evangelism, I know how you feel... I get that oh-man-not-again feeling most of the time before each CE. We go out for CE quite often so it is easy (for me anyway) to feel like it is routine and not feel excited about it. I guess it is natural to feel like that - we are afterall, in a spiritual battle with the flesh every day and we need to make a conscious effort to fight our flesh - especially when it comes to things like CE. The spiritual ramifacations echo through eternity and consequently, Mr S.A. Tan starts to work overtime at times like these to help give you think of excuses not to come. Think about it, if we don't go, souls will continue marching into Hell... But if we do go, we can be used by God to sow the Gospel seed into the hearts of these lost souls and play a part in their eternal salvation! Now if that isn't the most awesome way of spending your Sunday afternoon - I don't know what is.

Of course you can spend your Sunday arvo in front of the TV or shopping or playing computer games or studying (I SHUDDER at the thought!) or sleeping... but what are the outcomes of these things? Who wins in that spiritual battle - the spirit or the flesh?

One of the quotes that I always remember is by CS Lewis:

All that is not eternal is eternally useless.

Think about that one for a minute... Stop reading, look away from the computer, and think about that... How much of what we do is 'eternally useless'?? God gives us a purpose in life which is to glorify Him and to make Him known to others - but all too often we have our own purposes and our own agendas... How bout this Sunday, you give God a few hours to invest in eternity? It will not only make God smile upon you, but it will also be an encouragement to people like myself who aren't really sure of what to expect this Sunday in terms of number of people heading out for CE.

And please keep CE in your prayers. Weather looks dodgy - so pray for God to do His thing with the weather too :)