Nudge Someone God's Way...
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Tony tells of a pastor out soul-winning who asked him the question; “If you were to die tonight and stand before God, and He were to ask you, ‘Why would I let you in my heaven,’ what would you say?” Tony acted as if the question had no effect on him but years later, soul-searching in the middle of the night, he remembered the question, sought the Lord, got saved and became a devoted follower of Christ. The pastor had asked him a question that nudged him God's way.
Ken was a young man in the naval reserve from Ohio. He was stationed on Grosse Ile in the downriver Detroit area many years ago. Experimenting with his new-found freedom as a young man he went out with buddies and did some drinking. It was a Saturday night. He spent a restless night fighting off dark guilt and unhappiness. He got up early the next morning to attend chapel on the station. He was the only one there. The chapel was conducted by a local pastor who volunteered because there was no station chaplain at the time. This young man would not find the Lord for a few years, but that experience was a nudge in God's direction.
Keith attended the funeral of a friend. While the pastor was trying to eulogize his friend he got to thinking about what it would be like when he died. What would the pastor have to say about him at his funeral? It turned his life around. The funeral was a nudge towards God.
Tony never told the pastor the effect his question had on him. Ken was eventually converted and entered the ministry but never met the pastor on Grosse Ile again. Keith never told the humble country pastor about what happened to him at the funeral of his friend but God used him to nudge him closer to God. People write books about profound things, overt miracles, the out-of-the-ordinary—but the thing that keeps me plugging away in ministry is the potential of nudging someone just the right way at the right time to make a decision for God.
So have you nudged someone God's way, today?!
Let me share this idea with you through three examples I read about:
Tony tells of a pastor out soul-winning who asked him the question; “If you were to die tonight and stand before God, and He were to ask you, ‘Why would I let you in my heaven,’ what would you say?” Tony acted as if the question had no effect on him but years later, soul-searching in the middle of the night, he remembered the question, sought the Lord, got saved and became a devoted follower of Christ. The pastor had asked him a question that nudged him God's way.
Ken was a young man in the naval reserve from Ohio. He was stationed on Grosse Ile in the downriver Detroit area many years ago. Experimenting with his new-found freedom as a young man he went out with buddies and did some drinking. It was a Saturday night. He spent a restless night fighting off dark guilt and unhappiness. He got up early the next morning to attend chapel on the station. He was the only one there. The chapel was conducted by a local pastor who volunteered because there was no station chaplain at the time. This young man would not find the Lord for a few years, but that experience was a nudge in God's direction.
Keith attended the funeral of a friend. While the pastor was trying to eulogize his friend he got to thinking about what it would be like when he died. What would the pastor have to say about him at his funeral? It turned his life around. The funeral was a nudge towards God.
Tony never told the pastor the effect his question had on him. Ken was eventually converted and entered the ministry but never met the pastor on Grosse Ile again. Keith never told the humble country pastor about what happened to him at the funeral of his friend but God used him to nudge him closer to God. People write books about profound things, overt miracles, the out-of-the-ordinary—but the thing that keeps me plugging away in ministry is the potential of nudging someone just the right way at the right time to make a decision for God.
So have you nudged someone God's way, today?!
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