How desperate a place people are in today. Those without Christ live daily in a fantasy world, out of touch with the reality of eternity. They were created to know and glorify the living God, yet they are estranged from Him. They live in rebellion, not even considering His existence, much less His rightful rule over their lives. Yet, going places, doing things, owning possessions all masquerade as “reality,” when in fact these things are, in the end, meaningless. Oh, the horror and heartbreak of thinking of these folks breathing their last. What terror and eternal gloom awaits them. May these words of Charles Spurgeon aid us in having a heart to see them reached and saved!
“You all desire to glorify Christ by becoming soul-winners—I hope you do—and be it remembered that, other things being equal, he is the fittest in God’s hand to win souls who pities souls most. I believe he preaches best who loves best, and in the Sunday-school and in private life each soul-seeker shall have the blessing very much in proportion to his yearning for it. Paul becomes a savior of many because his heart’s desire and prayer to God is that they may be saved. If you can live without souls being converted, you shall live without their being converted; but if your soul breaks for the longing that it hath towards Christ’s glory and the conversion of the ungodly, if like her of old you say, “Give me children, or I die,” your insatiable hunger shall be satisfied, the craving of your spirit shall be gratified.” Charles Spurgeon