The 21st year means a lot of different things to different people. It is seen as another right of passage when others think you increasingly competent. Currently we are in the 21st century. Today I prayed for the salvation of 21 people. Some are distant family members. Yes – they are good people but give themselves too much credit. A friend’s husband, and another friend’s two daughters. Another’s grown boys. They are all welcome but don’t know it. On Tuesday I met a man who does generous acts of service. I thought we may become friends but the exclusivity of Jesus is too much for him. As I see it, a God who can do all this does not need my permission to make a plan and set the rules. Here is some good news and there is really good news. I am reminded of apostle Paul who, “Did not hesitate to preach anything that would be helpful” but, Paul could not save anyone. Only God does that. But he could tell them God’s good news of Jesus, the only “Name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” – Acts 4:12. It has always bothered me that years ago I heard that I will see blood on my hands. I can’t find a bible verse putting blame on me for another’s decisions. (If you can direct me I would appreciate it.) Again, I am not a theologian. One of the ‘ones’ in my 21 is actually a family of six. Our numbers will flux but our duty should be out of devotion for the grace shown to us. This need to be saved is universal and growing with every birth. If it were really all up to me I would find even the thought of it exhausting. Just ‘give an account of the hope that is in you’. That’s it. When we surrender our heart to Christ we also surrender the burden of carrying those whom we know and love. We surrender the should’s and ‘if I had only said this’. We take God’s kind offer of grace, extended to all, and talk about it, using our influence in eternal ways. Call a 21 today?
