Chrissy Siggee

The Great Commission

Then Jesus told him (Thomas) Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed. John 20:29

You may have heard the phrase; I live by faith and not by sight.  However, do we really believe it?

One of the most exciting things we can do in our Christian walk is to lead another to Christ.

Visiting up to two hundred women a month in a maternity ward was a great experience for me. However, with the opportunity of seeing patients only once or twice, building any kind of relationship was impossible so finding an opportunity to lead one of those women to Christ was not an easy task. I also had the restrictions with all the privacy laws placed on us within the hospital system.

My spirit needed to be prepared for the opportunity when it arose.  It was a privilege to lead about ten percent of the women through a prayer of salvation, and yes, I still feel the same shiver of excitement, when someone comes to Christ, as I did the first time. 

However, because I only had the opportunity to visit a few times during their short stay and never any longer than half an hour, I did not get that chance to see them develop in their Christian walk.  Many came from places some hundreds of miles away. I could only encourage them to seek out a church in their hometowns and pray for them. This is where I needed to live by faith and not by sight. I needed to believe that the new Christians would go on in their Christian walk.

I was restricted in the hospital setting, but we all meet people in our every day lives.  Where are the new believers, why are there so many seats still empty in our churches?  It is not just the pastors job. We all have a duty to lead others to Christ, to bring people into the family of God.

I leave you all with a new challenge this week, and I am speaking to myself here as well.  We need to step out in faith and share the good news to someone this coming week. We need to bring the lost to Christ. We need to live by faith and not by sight. We need to believe lives, can be changed.

However, we need to believe it, before we see it. Prepare your heart before God every day. Ask Him to guide you and to help you to be ready for when the opportunity comes. 

Take on the challenge. Speak to someone this week about salvation because The Great Commission as our Commission, and believe

© Chrissy Siggee

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1. I LOVE the this message and especially the bit about “The Great Commission is our Commission.” That truly struck me. Excellent.

   Comment by Joanne Sher — July 12, 2008 #

2. Thank you, Joanne. Your encouragement is always a blessing. Love, Chrissy

   Comment by Chrissy — July 19, 2008 #

3. Chrissy, the Great Commission, yes what a challenge to just go and be and be open. Have eyes to see and ears to hear what the Spirit is saying. I have been complaining about a job that now I see is a white harvest field. I am a retail sales merchandiser with a territory of 9 WalMart Super Centers in the US. People, people, people everywhere! I am encouraged and convicted at the same time. Tomorrow when I get ready for work, I am asking to see out of Jesus’ eyes instead of Lynn’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   Comment by lynn potter — October 19, 2008 #

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