
What a privilege it is to join in with Christ in His pursuit of those who do not know Him. Every born-again follower of Jesus is called to be a witness, an ambassador, and a fisher of men. When walking with the Lord, filled with the Holy Spirit, we cannot help but testify to the life-saving, eternity-changing, power-filled Gospel of Jesus. If we are not fishing for men, then we are not properly following our Lord. He told the disciples in Matthew 4:19, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” When Jesus is on our minds, He will definitely come out of our mouths!
In Luke 19:10 Jesus states, “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Jesus sought and saved Zacchaeus, a tax collector deeply hated by most. He first found him perched in a sycamore tree. Our Lord told him to come down out of the tree for He must come and stay at his house. After encountering Christ and hearing the message of salvation, Zacchaeus surrendered his life to Jesus and started following Him. No one is ever beyond the reach of God. He can save anyone!
One of my favorite hobbies is reading biographies and autobiographies. I highly recommend the remarkable story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese fighter pilot who led the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. In his book, Wounded Tiger, T. Martin Bennett recounts the fascinating story of how Fuchida comes to faith in Jesus.
In Ron Chernow’s, Alexander Hamilton, he chronicles the life of the greatest founding father of the United States that never was elected president. He was a genius in the fields of politics, banking, and commerce. He was the first Treasury Secretary to serve under President George Washington. Some of his many accomplishments include writing most of the Federalist Papers, creating the first bank in America, the US Coast Guard, and the Customs Department. But most do not remember him for these prodigious accomplishments; most remember Hamilton as the man who lost the pistol duel to the then Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr in 1801. As he lay on his deathbed, he asked for a pastor to come and administer the Lord’s Supper to him. Chernow records the conversation Hamilton had with Reverend John Mason— “As Mason told how Christ’s blood would wash away his sins, Hamilton grasped his hand, rolled his eyes heavenward, and exclaimed with great fervor, ‘I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ.’” (Chernow, p. 707)
Jesus is still seeking and saving the lost today. He invites you and me as His disciples to join Him in this wonderful adventure of seeking out the lost and sharing the good news with them. No one is ever so far from God that God cannot reach them. Let us not give up on anyone! I encourage you to keep going, loving, helping, and sharing the wonderful message of salvation.
I invite you to join me even today and obey our Lord when He said in Matthew 28:19 to go and make disciples of all nations. What a great joy it is to meet people and engage with them in a Gospel conversation. I think there are more people who want to hear about Jesus than there are those who are willing to talk about Jesus. We should not let any fear hold us back from compassionately engaging a lost person with the message that can save their lives. Let us go and tell someone about the Lord today!