Several years ago, some ministers visited D.L. Moody to enquire about the secret of his exploit in ministry. Moody took his guests to the window of his hotel room and asked them what they saw. One by one, the ministers described the people in the park below. Then, as Moody looked out through the window, tears began to roll down his cheeks controllably. "What do you see, Mr. Moody?" asked one of the ministers. "I see countless thousands of souls that will one day spend eternity in hell if they do not find the Saviour." (Culled from Today in the Word, February 1, 1997)
Cambridge Dictionary defines compassion as a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them. Compassion is the approved fuel for powering the engine of a believer for profitable kingdom service. The difference between those who weep and those who laugh at the pitiable condition of sinners is compassion. This fuel drove the engine of Jesus Christ from His highly exalted position in Heaven to the humble manger in Bethlehem (Philippians 2:5-8). Powered by the fuel of compassion, Jesus Christ also went ahead to accomplish the reconciliation agenda and executed many mighty works for God on earth (2 Corinthians 5:19). It was practically impossible to have achieved such great feat with the fake fuel of worldly gains or personal aggrandizement.
Beloved, what is powering your engine in the kingdom? Is it personal gains or compassion? The truth is that the engines of many professing believers are being powered by worldly gains and personal aggrandizement like that of Gehazi (2 Kings 5:20-27). The pulpit and pew of many churches are filled with many knocked or grounded engines powered by fuel of greed and personal gains. Many of us are moneybag disciples like Judas Iscariot (John 12:6). Affluence, power and position are now the motivating factors for kingdom service in our generation. The lackadaisical attitudes of believers to soul winning clearly attest to this fact. There is no more fuel of compassion in the engine of many Christians. We lack empathy for sinners and backsliders. This is very sad!
Friends, is there still fuel of compassion in your tanks? Are your engines already knocked or grounded? Does the terrible plight of sinners and unbelievers disturb you and makes you reach out to them with the Gospel?
Please be sincere with yourself and cry to God for mercy before it is too late. And if you are not yet saved, please surrender to Jesus Christ today and escape from hell.
This wonderful hymn below re-echoes the need to have compassion on lost souls:
FEEL THE SAVIOUR'S HEART FOR PEOPLE
Feel the Savior’s heart for people
As He shares Himself with all.
All are brothers, sisters, neighbors.
All are welcome, great and small.
See Him live His deep compassion.
Watch Him shepherd, heal, and feed,
Through the Father’s rich abundance
Freely meeting every need.
Feel the Savior’s heart for people
When it gives Him only pain.
Now engulfed in vicious hatred,
Selfless love seems all in vain.
Though alone, condemned, abandoned,
Taunted, tortured, crushed, betrayed,
With His dying words He loves them –
Love triumphant, unafraid.
Feel the Savior’s heart for people.
Feel His deepest longings burn.
As He yearns for love’s completion,
Hear Him promise His return.
See Him come for all His family,
Gathering us from every race.
We will feast on love together
Heart-to-heart and face-to-face.
May God refuel our empty tanks with great compassion and grant us grace to weep for lost souls like D.L Moody. May every sinner or backslider that crosses our path be rescued by the power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus name, Amen
On behalf of my esteemed father in the Lord- Pastor E.A Adeboye, I would like to invite you to our October 2024 Holy Ghost Service and International Youth Convention. Theme:
DOMINION. Date: 30th Sept to 4th October 2024. Venue: The Redemption City of God, Mowe, Nigeria.
Good day and God bless you.
Maranatha!
Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo
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