“You Know What to Do”

I remember a conversation I had a few years ago with a preacher friend of mine. He was telling me about a lady who had been baptized a few days earlier.

He had only been at the church where he was preaching for a short time. The lady, however, had been attending worship services there for about ten years.

Her conversion to Christ was the result of a simple question:

“Are you a Christian?”

Isn’t it amazing that, in ten years, nobody had ever asked her that question? Had they totally ignored her? Apparently not. She did remember what had been said to her by some members of that congregation. They had “encouraged” her by saying:

“You know what to do.”

I’m sure they meant well. I’m sure that they sincerely hoped that she would obey the gospel. I’m also sure they really thought they were encouraging her.

However, it took a simple, but sincere, question to open the door for a Bible study which led to her salvation. 

Do you know somebody who apparently “knows what to do?” What if they don’t? What if nobody ever demonstrates sincere, genuine concern for him or her?

What if you were the one to ask that one simple question? 

You might be surprised at the answer you get. You might be surprised at the results of that one conversation. You might be instrumental in leading an eternal soul to the Lord.

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