Seeing Jesus Empty-Handed
By: Dr Jeff Lee

"I have not led a single soul to Jesus. How can I go see Him now?"

The old man said it with tears to everyone who came to visit him in the hospital. "My son is a preacher but I am going empty-handed." He passed away a short few months after the diagnosis of lung cancer.

Should a Christian feel this way at all?

Will Jesus be "happier" when I meet Him if I have led someone to Christ?

Do I want to receive His praise of "You good and faithful servant!"?

An older hymn put it so bluntly:
Not one day of service give Him, Lay no trophy at His feet.
Must I go and empty handed? Must I meet my Saviour so?
Not one soul with which to greet Him;
Must I empty handed go?

No one should know about urgency in doing God's work more than Jesus, right? He had said:

As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:4-5 (NIV)

Our Master always had a sense of urgency for the lost souls. Should I not have that too?




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