“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me-the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he ought with his own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.” Acts 20:24, 31-38
Lord God, It is my job. I know it now more than ever. I have often thought to myself that telling people about Jesus was someone else’s job. I have often thought to myself that warning people about sin was someone else’s job. I have not always taken personal responsibility for bringing the truth of God to people. But God, you continue to teach me that it is my job and my responsibility. It is my job to care about the souls in my family and to do all that I can to keep them close to you. It is my job to care about the souls in my church and to do all that I can to care about them and to keep them close to you. It is my job to care about the souls of all people whose lives intersect with mine. It is my job to do all that I can to bring them to heaven with me. I pray, Lord Jesus, help me first. Keep watch over me, Savior. Do not let me stray from your truth or wander from your fold. Do not let me be deceived by the Deceiver. But instead, ground me in your truth and give me a foundation from your Word so that I stay close to you. And then, grounded firmly on grace, let me go out and carry out my joyful responsibility to all people to give them same foundation. Amen.
As Christians and as human beings we have a responsibility and a purpose from our God to do all that we can with the time that we have to bring as many people to heaven with us as possible.