I came across the world clock a few weeks ago as I was preparing for one of my weekend messages. It's pretty sobering to see.
The two lines that impacted me the most were the lines counting births and deaths. On the one hand, the number of people coming into the world represent an unprecedented opportunity that the Church has to reach more people than in all of church history combined. On the other hand, the number of people leaving the world represent an increasing urgency that we must feel to prioritize the mission of Jesus. I know it's easy to feel pretty detached from numbers adding up on a website. But what if we had the ability to see each face (as Jesus does)? How might that move us to invest in the only thing that is eternal.
People.
By the way, 680 people entered eternity in the time it took me to write this post.
Wow, very sobering numbers. This is a great reminder to me that there should be no "idle" moments in my days... I MUST be about the Master's business.
Thanks, Brad.
Posted by: Craig T. Owens | April 08, 2009 at 07:30 PM