IS THERE A EUTYCHUS NEAR YOU?
Verse for Today
Acts 20:12 - They took away the boy (Eutychus) alive and were greatly comforted.
All around us there are people who are falling down and dying spiritually. This world is a vanity fair and it makes people fainthearted through weariness. It is a dangerous place where people who are so close to spiritual activities are susceptible to fall. They might be sitting in our pews and listening to sermons. They might be singing in our choirs and playing in our orchestra. They might develop spiritual symptoms without spiritual character. They are among the living people, but are spiritually dead. They pretend to listen to the messages, but have switched off their minds to God's messages. We need to watch out for such people and make sure that they do not fall fainting and are lost, because it is possible for a person to be among spiritual people and might get lost. If they fall, it is urgent that we take them up and touch them with the Balm of Gilead. Some of them are in the desert, like Ishmael, without spiritual water, and are dying. There is no point in saying that they are born in families with spiritual traditions. Some are taken away by the world, flesh and Satan as in the case of Lot and his family. We need to be ready and prepared as was Abraham and go after the lost and bring them back from the enemy. We need to be like Paul, men and women who are committed to sharing the good news with these lost among us and make them alive. This needs commitment, preparation, willingness to go after them and ability to touch them spiritually. Thus individuals, families and communities will be secured for God. When spiritually dead people are made alive, it causes us all to be glad to take them to the spiritual homes which are known as local assemblies of God's people.
Dear reader, in which of these groups do you belong? Are you like Eutychus who has fallen down and spiritually lifeless? Are you like the people in the pews who were with Eutychus, but did not know that he was falling down dead? Do you think you are like Paul who was ready to touch the lives of people through the spoken word and at the same time prepared to touch the lives of those who have been spiritually sleepy and fainthearted? Perhaps you are like the people who were happy to find the dead man alive and rejoiced with him and his family. We need to be also concerned about our own spiritual condition and responsibility. We need to be concerned about the people who are hanging around with us, seemingly saved, but are too far from God. We need to be alert to see who might fall down. As these people are sitting close to us in church pews, we need to make sure that they are not spiritually sleepy or have only a spiritual color without substance. If we don't, we would be very sorry when they fall down and then it would be too late. Thousands are falling away from faith each day and the enemy is using his cunning and crafty methods to lure people away into spiritual sleep and coldheartedness. Let us be watchful about the Eutychuses around us and be mindful about their true spiritual condition so that we can do something about them before it is too late. Let us also prepare ourselves to be like Paul to be able to touch the lives of the spiritually dead persons who might be in the pews with us so that they will have life in God. At such spiritual miracles, there is joy among the angels, in Heaven and among the household of God. Dear friend, where are your Eutychuses?
Psalms 107:20 - He sent His Word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Thought for Today
Let us be watchful even in our pews and at the gates of Heaven lest any one might be lost from there.
Acts 20:12 - They took away the boy (Eutychus) alive and were greatly comforted.
All around us there are people who are falling down and dying spiritually. This world is a vanity fair and it makes people fainthearted through weariness. It is a dangerous place where people who are so close to spiritual activities are susceptible to fall. They might be sitting in our pews and listening to sermons. They might be singing in our choirs and playing in our orchestra. They might develop spiritual symptoms without spiritual character. They are among the living people, but are spiritually dead. They pretend to listen to the messages, but have switched off their minds to God's messages. We need to watch out for such people and make sure that they do not fall fainting and are lost, because it is possible for a person to be among spiritual people and might get lost. If they fall, it is urgent that we take them up and touch them with the Balm of Gilead. Some of them are in the desert, like Ishmael, without spiritual water, and are dying. There is no point in saying that they are born in families with spiritual traditions. Some are taken away by the world, flesh and Satan as in the case of Lot and his family. We need to be ready and prepared as was Abraham and go after the lost and bring them back from the enemy. We need to be like Paul, men and women who are committed to sharing the good news with these lost among us and make them alive. This needs commitment, preparation, willingness to go after them and ability to touch them spiritually. Thus individuals, families and communities will be secured for God. When spiritually dead people are made alive, it causes us all to be glad to take them to the spiritual homes which are known as local assemblies of God's people.
Dear reader, in which of these groups do you belong? Are you like Eutychus who has fallen down and spiritually lifeless? Are you like the people in the pews who were with Eutychus, but did not know that he was falling down dead? Do you think you are like Paul who was ready to touch the lives of people through the spoken word and at the same time prepared to touch the lives of those who have been spiritually sleepy and fainthearted? Perhaps you are like the people who were happy to find the dead man alive and rejoiced with him and his family. We need to be also concerned about our own spiritual condition and responsibility. We need to be concerned about the people who are hanging around with us, seemingly saved, but are too far from God. We need to be alert to see who might fall down. As these people are sitting close to us in church pews, we need to make sure that they are not spiritually sleepy or have only a spiritual color without substance. If we don't, we would be very sorry when they fall down and then it would be too late. Thousands are falling away from faith each day and the enemy is using his cunning and crafty methods to lure people away into spiritual sleep and coldheartedness. Let us be watchful about the Eutychuses around us and be mindful about their true spiritual condition so that we can do something about them before it is too late. Let us also prepare ourselves to be like Paul to be able to touch the lives of the spiritually dead persons who might be in the pews with us so that they will have life in God. At such spiritual miracles, there is joy among the angels, in Heaven and among the household of God. Dear friend, where are your Eutychuses?
Psalms 107:20 - He sent His Word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Thought for Today
Let us be watchful even in our pews and at the gates of Heaven lest any one might be lost from there.
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