Anchor Scripture: Daniel 12:3 (NKJV)
“Those who are wise shall shine
Like the brightness of the firmament,
And those who turn many to righteousness
Like the stars forever and ever.”
When proverbs 11:30 talks of “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who wins souls is wise”, our text today further affirms it further by stressing that those considered as wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament and those that turn many to righteousness like stars forever and ever. We can deduce clearly why many servants of God are always running to hinter lands to preach the gospel of Christ and win more souls through crusades and evangelism. They certainly would want to shine likes stars.
The world has always been in a battle between evil and good, however, God wants all His children to be saved and that is why His servants need to spread the message the more to the hinter lands so others who are still wandering astray would turn back. Imagine with all the efforts made across the world to bring people to Christ, yet, there are people who against the body of Christ. Now it shows that the world would have been worse if people stayed back in winning souls.
Every effort to win souls for Christ is a way of getting renewed in strength and spirit; it is way of staying in covenant with God, and being reminded why we should not give up or lose ground to the enemy.
Prayer: Lord, we beseech thee, we ask that you continue to shower your grace upon our lives to be able to win more souls into repentance and your kingdom at large. Hear us as we ask through Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
james madza 