Daily Devotion
With Pastor Ancel Presnell
“SORROW FOR SOULS”
There has been a great shift over the course of several years when it comes to the subject of concern for lost souls. Faith and how professing Christians live out their Christian lives has been diluted greatly! Christianity has become a consumer-based religion that views church like we would department stores an all-other service providers. We want what we want and if we do not get what we want, we will go church shopping until we get what we want. Just like any other consumer-based product, when we view our faith and church life like this, there will always be a model that is more fitting to out wants and desires.
Modern Christianity has long since left out a very important burden within our day to day lives; what might that burden be? Lost souls! We have exchanged feeding on God’s word and authentic worship in God’s house for manufactured worship and an experience brought on by highly organized manipulation of the mind. When it comes to the souls of men, we have adopted the sentiment, “my four and no more.” Consider this question for your own personal walk with Christ, do you have a sorrow for souls?
Apostle Paul had a great heart for the souls of his fellow Jewish kinsmen. You see, he knew what it was like to be an unconverted Jew. He was formerly a Pharisee; this meant that he was steeped in man-made tradition and faith, which led to a perverted practice of faith with no true faith or salvation at all. Paul knew the mindset of his fellow Jews, this is why his heart was broken for them.
As a born-again believer, we too know the mindset of our lost friends, family, and fellow Americans. How do we know? We used to be exactly where they are! The first step in having a sorrow for souls is learning to care for our fellow man. If we do not engage our fellow man, pray for them, and have conversations, we will never develop this sorrow. We encounter people every day that is lost and undone; will we begin to develop a sorrow for their soul. Apostle Paul had a deep desire and a prayer for his fellow kinsmen, Israel; his desire was for their salvation.
Romans 10:1—”1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.”
