Yet-to-be-followers of Christ

In the November-December issue of Prayer Connect magazine I was introduced to a very interesting term: “yet-to-be-followers of Christ.” The meaning of the term is, I hope, obvious. It refers to folks who will in the future become followers of our Lord Jesus, but have not done so yet. The idea that was being put forth in this term is that there are many who have not yet decided to follow Christ, but is implied that more are turning to Him every day.

And if that were not enough, I went to church the next Sunday and there was a young man who was baptized into the faith, having made this all important decision for himself. He was about the same age as I was when I came to Christ, and after the service was over I shared with him how that I had asked the Lord into my life when I was twelve years old, and how that event in my life had sustained me through the ups and downs of the following fifty-plus years. I admonished him to always keep the memory of this time in his heart.

What I was reminded of through all of this is that the Holy Spirit is still at work in this world, drawing many to our Savior every single hour of every single day.

It is easy to get caught up in the bad news about how bad our world is with all the horrible things that are happening all around us. Sometimes it seems (to me, at least) that the people of our world are involved in a wholesale turning away from Christ. It is easy for me to forget in times like these that the Good News is still being proclaimed and that our God is at work in our world.  Not only is He directing history, but He is still actively calling people unto Himself, and that the work of His redemption is ongoing all around us always.

All praise be to our Lord, Jesus Christ who is the Good News.

Thanks for sharing this moment with me today.