Good Saturday morning! The cold of Christmas is here and snow is on the ground, now to set the warmth in our hearts to making the season glow. Are we solo agents or part of a team in this building of the Lord's kingdom? I think that we would immediately answer that we are a team, but what does that mean? In doing some research this morning (Wild West Tech on the History Channel) I heard about a bounty hunter who worked for four years and reputedly logged more than 25,000 miles in the saddle in pursuit of some train robbers. However, he never caught any of the big name criminals he pursued. In Christ we are often told that while some plant, others may do the harvesting. In the story of that bounty hunter, his dogged pursuit kept the crooks on the run for all that time. Eventually they had enough and left the country. The crooks were none other than the infamous Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The bounty went uncollected; someone else would make the harvest. We may end up in a similar situation. We may sow and sow in our walk with Christ and never see a soul harvested for Jesus. Not a thing wrong with that; Jesus is the one to whom all of us must come for salvation. While we may not witness a person accepting Jesus as Lord and savior, the fact that it happens is good enough for us all. The Bible tells us that the saints in heaven rejoice over each lost sinner found on this earth. Just as they have no direct part in that sinner's salvation, we too should rejoice for everyone saved, even those far away from us on the other side of the globe. We are a part of a great team, all serving our Lord for the greater glory of God. Our support of ministries and missions is valuable and God does not forget it!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Bucky
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