GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

READ: John 10:31-42

John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true. – John 10:41

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 8-10

John the Baptist had been dead at least 2 years and the memory of his ministry had begun to fade. But as the crowds gathered around Jesus near the place where John had taught, they remembered what he had said about Jesus and remarked, “All the things that John spoke about this Man were true” (John 10:41).

Most of us live fairly unremarkable lives. We’re not miracle workers. We’re not noted for anything in particular. We’re ordinary people. But we can tell people about Jesus wherever we go. We can point to Him and say, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (1:29).

Our duty is to tell people what we have come to know about Jesus and then leave the results with God. If we do so, we will have served one of life’s essential purposes. After we’re dead and gone, our words may come to someone’s mind and bring that person to the Lamb of God. Like seed buried in the ground, God’s Word may seem to lie dormant for years and then spring up to eternal life.

So let us be faithful in pointing others to Jesus. Then, after we are gone, the epitaph on our gravestone could read, “He did no miracles, but everything he said about Jesus was true.” – David Roper

Lord, help me make my witness clear,

And labour faithfully,

So friends and neighbours turn to Christ

Through what they hear from me. – Anon.

We sow the seed – God produces the harvest.