I Believe He’d Go for You
He was a good husband. He loved his wife. He was loyal to her and provided for her. He was not only a good husband; he was a good man.
However, he was not a Christian. He made sure that his wife got to church regularly, but he had no interest in attending with her.
A son was born. The father shared his name with his son. He shared his entire name with his son, not merely the last name. From the time “junior” was born until the day that “senior” died, their relationship was, in the best sense of the term, a mutual admiration society.
The father now made sure that both his wife and his namesake were able to attend worship services and Bible classes regularly. Still, he, himself, exhibited no desire to do so.
His wife had been sowing seeds all along the way. Her words and her actions demonstrated a love for him–and for his soul. Now, there was something else she could do. She could make sure that her husband “overheard” the discussions she and their son had about the Bible classes and sermons they heard. He didn’t act all that interested, but he couldn’t help “overhearing.” She made sure of that.
One day, when the son was still very young, his mother made a suggestion. She told her son of her inability to get his father to go to church. She then suggested that the son ask his father. She added these words:
“I believe he’d go for you.”
He did and he did! The son asked the father and the father did start going!
Sometime later, something else happened. Both the father and the son were baptized on the same day!
A good man became a good Christian man.
Many of us who only got to know him during his later years knew of his work at a Christian youth camp; his “fill-in preaching” (for which he refused to accept any pay); his involvement in teaching people in jails and prisons about God and His Word; and for so many other things he did for the cause of Christ.
We (at least I) had no idea that he had not been brought up in a Christian environment and had, in earlier years, shown no interest in being a Christian. We had no idea that all of that changed because somebody for whom he cared deeply and who cared deeply about him asked him to start going to church.
Who is that person in your life? Who is the next person who could be a valuable servant in the kingdom?
Could you at least ask him or her to attend church with you? Is that too much to ask?
I do not know who all of your closest relationships are. I do believe, though, that there is at least one person who cares enough about you to honor that simple request.
I believe he (or she) would go for you!
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