“But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their deaths. They will die in their sins, but I hold the watchman accountable. Now, son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people…” (Ezekiel 33:6-7 NLT).
A watchmen for the people? In my life, that includes the little people I teach each week at my church. As a watchman, there’s no way in the world I could possibly hold back what I know about Jesus’s saving power from the children God has placed in my life.
As a watchman, how could I not tell these little ones how to receive eternal life?
As a watchman, there’s no way I could sleep at night knowing I didn’t introduce them to the One they’ll need as they grow into men and women.
As a watchman, I’m accountable to God for making sure the children who pass (even only once) through the doors of my church hear the Good News.
As a watchman, well let’s be honest here, as a watchman—I’m signed up for a terribly wonderful job.
But I’m not the only one. Nope, anyone who has Christ as Savior of their lives, is a watchman, too. Our shifts are 24/7. Our pay is most times underscale. Our expenses are sometime monumentous, unless compared to Christ’s. Our value is unfathomable. And our benefits? The benefits for a job well done…priceless.
Malinda Edgell
Illinois
PRAY TOGETHER: Pray peace for Christians in the path of Hurricane Isaac and opportunities to share this peace with others during this time of impending danger.
