The End of the World! False Alarm. Sorry, My Bad.

I saw this picture the day after the supposed "end of the world" that was predicted and thought it was hilarious. Seeing "Sorry, my bad" written on the sign... that's just funny stuff. Like Jesus really missed it and didn't come like He was supposed to. Not!

But what if that preacher guy in California (Harold Camping) did hear from God and the end of the world was really the 21st of May? Now I know that no one except the Father knows the exact time of Christ's return, but just for argument's sake, let's just say he was right. What if that was the day? Did we do everything we could to get the good news of the Gospel out? Why don't we have more of a sense of urgency for people who are dying and going to hell? Is it because we don't believe in hell (this seems to be a trend)? Is it because we don't think Jesus is coming back any time soon? Is it because we're so busy with our own lives that we don't have time to reach out to anyone around us? I think the answer is different for all of us.

If anyone is guilty of this it's me. I think it's easy as people in ministry to think that we can "clock-out" when we're not at church where we're in the "ministry zone" and that we can take a break when we get home. I've missed so many opportunities because of this line of thinking. Now it's not like I'm ashamed of the Gospel and my neighbors don't know that I'm a Christ Follower, because they do know that about us. But as far as me making a conscientious effort to rescue them all from the coming judgement... I've failed.

This needs to change. I pray that God will give me an urgency in reaching my neighbors for Jesus. It's critical because the new end of the world date is coming October 21st (according to Harold Camping, that is)! So get busy. LOL! It's funny but what if we all acted like it was? And what if we operated with a sense of urgency to get this Gospel to the world because the end was rapidly approaching? Just something to think about. It's the only thing holding back the second coming of Christ anyway, right? So let's do our part and get the Gospel to the nations.

I saw this video clip on Facebook. Now, the cheese-factor is high (that means it's kind of corny for those who don't know what cheese-factor means, haha) but the message is powerful. It's a reenactment of a dream that William Booth (the founder of the Salvation Army) had that someone made into a video. You can watch it by clicking on the link below. It's definitely worth the 5 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aTqk5YGiRo

Love Ya,

Jim