I CAN DO IT!

By Rick Mathes

Satan’s first thought each day is to throw obstacles to soul-winning in your way. While you sleep at night the devil is doing push-ups and conditioning himself to wreck your day and keep you away from birthing souls into the Kingdom.

His biggest and most successful obstacle is indifference. You might think that God will save souls without you and if they are elect, what’s the rush? Eventually someone will get to them. What you don’t consider is that you are a vital part of that predestined process. That’s why this procrastination is nagging at you. The Holy Spirit is guiding you to join the process and be proactive.

Sad to say but many professing Christians don’t have a burden for lost souls is because they are lost themselves. You’re the one whose major obstacle is our own unbelief. You will burn in hell if you are agnostic.

The devil don’t care how committed you are to soul-winning just don’t start today. You have work to tire you out, family obligations at home and a great football game to watch tonight. Win souls! Go for it! But not now.

Too often our heart is closest to the Lord during hard times when our knees are closest to the foot of the cross. We just plain get spoiled rotten when the Lord blesses us with material wealth and we forget from whence it came. This is the carnal security where things become a god to us. Everyone in hell believes in Jesus and his punishment for carnal Christians a whole lot more than we do.

The real obstacle to winning souls is that we love sin and the fellow sinners who don’t condemn our evil ways. Let me ask you, “Are you friends with the devil’s friends?” Now you know why you are so reticent about sharing your faith. That you love sin confirms you love your lord Lucifer. I use strong language for a reason. This is serious unless you hate your sin you will never love the Lord because it was sin that killed Him. But if you will turn around to Him, you will be shot to the highest point in heaven. “I can do it!” is the word that will become like a fire in your veins. You will start loving those who love Him and really lives as He intended you to.