My college pastor the other night was talking about going after “the one.” I was thinking he meant like Jesus–the One. But he was talking about that one person. Focusing on one thing/person at a time can be hard for me. I like numbers…and I like multiplication. One just seems so small…but what is it im going after? Is it better to say I have witnessed to 100 people or to say I have witnessed to the same person for a year and now they are finally understand Christ’s love.
See I think this whole mentality of “more is better” started along time ago. When I was alittle kid (and even till I was in high school) I use to count my Christmas presents under the tree. Haha don’t judge me. Looking back…man was I a little brat. If I only had 10 presents that wasn’t enough, even 15, I wanted more. It didn’t matter if the quality of the present was $1, I just liked to have alot of things. So this mentality of the more the better has even carried into my relationship with God.
Sometimes it’s hard for me to be satisfied with just witnessing to 1 person, or just doing 1 random act of kindness. I feel like thats not good enough for God. But the TRUTH is that I could do nothing ever again for Christ or I could be like Billy Graham and lead thousands of people to Him; and still His love would not increase or decrease for me. His love would stay the same. Because Christ’s love isn’t dependent on what I do, He loved me before I even knew or did anything for Him.
I don’t want to look at people to increase quantity, but I want to look at each person individually as quality and value for the Kingdom of God. So this is what im after, the one. That one homeless person on the street that needs money for food, that one lady with a cast who needs prayer for healing, that one friend who needs someone to talk to, that one person who needs someone to not judge them but love them, that one person you see everyday at work who needs some encouragement. This is what it’s about, loving and being Jesus to one person at a time.
Isn’t this what Jesus did? He noticed the one…the one lady who touched his garment, the one man in the top of a tree, the one adultress who was being judged, the one woman at the well. He isn’t looking at people in mass numbers. But He is looking at each person and each life.
Psalm 139:13-16. For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.
