Every movement, organization, or winning team has a strong recruiting policy. Without it, these entities would ultimately exhaust the resources and/or the people they depend upon. It is a principle that works. It has shown itself in every aspect of our living. The negative has also been made apparent. In the absence of recruiting, there is loss of efficiency, effectiveness, and energy. People's enthusiasm for the "cause" wanes. There is nothing like "young blood" to infuse new life into an established purpose.
In our post-modern day, the single greatest victory of the enemy seems to have taken place at the grass root level of recruitment. During lunch with a young man yesterday, listening to his defense of every other "way" to worship and serve God, I made the statement, "Political correctness has choked the gospel." While I know this to be true, we use a vast selection of other excuses to not be soul winners. To love God is to love His work. To love His work is to propagate it, or further it. If we truly desire to see Christ lifted up in our world today, then the only reasonable action to be taken isn't complain, retreat, or defer it to someone else. We promote everything we love in life, from grocery stores to doctors to web sites. Let's promote the Lord Jesus Christ. Tell someone about the great "experience" you had getting saved with the same enthusiasm you have when sharing the great experience at the newest restaurant in town. Invite someone to come with you to share in the blessings of great worship and fellowship with God's people. Distribute tracts with the same fervor as a volunteer handing out food to starving homeless people. It is that important for so many reasons, not to mention how wise it is.
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