"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?