growing.” They were disappointed but went on with their work getting the satellite installed and working for me. As they were leaving, I felt impressed to say something. “Let me show you a neat website,” I said. I showed them
the Amazing Facts website. They saw my picture and said, “Hey, that’s you! You’ve got
TV programs.” We talked a little bit, they asked questions, and I gave them some books and sent them on their way. What if I had ignored the impression of the Lord,
thinking these guys were hopeless potheads? According to Scripture, their blood could be on my hands. (I knew they weren’t hopeless because I used to be just like them!) Of course, I have also missed many opportunities—
neglecting God’s prodding to speak up for Christ. If that happens to you, repent and ask God to help you be a faithful
watchman. Don’t be frightened and don’t let it become inconvenient to rescue a soul. Just blow the trumpet! I’m sure you have felt the impression before: “Say
something for Me to this person.” So you blow your trumpet and … they didn’t read the book. They didn’t accept Christ. Well, that’s not your job. Your job is to blow the trumpet and pray for them. They still must choose as the Holy Spirit prods their hearts. Remember, the Bible doesn’t say that “before Jesus comes, the gospel will be preached in all the world and then everyone will believe.” It says only that the gospel “will be preached in all the world as a witness” (Matthew 24:14 NKJV). We just need to do our part. God has called us to be
watchmen on the walls and to
warn the wicked to turn from their way. We also have such good news: turn and live! It’s a message of hope, and so many people want to hear it.
WATCHING THE SIGNS Last but not least, we should be watching the signs of
the times. “He answered and said to them, ‘When it is evening you
say, “It will be fair weather, for the sky is red”; and in the morning, “It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.” Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times’” (Matthew 16:2, 3 NKJV). God wants us to be watching and waiting for Him. To be
alert, to be praying, to be in a sense of expectancy and even joy. “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near” (Luke 21:28 NKJV). But this watching of the signs should motivate us into action—to watch where we are and to watch where others are to make sure that as many as possible are in the kingdom when Jesus returns to this world. Many of the things Jesus spoke about are coming to
pass. Let us not repeat the mistakes of God’s people in the past, of sleeping at the critical moment. If the Lord commands us to be awake and to watch, we can be awake and watch. He wouldn’t ask us to do the impossible. But we do need the Holy Spirit, more now than ever, to wake us up. We need revival. Be a faithful watchman for the Lord. Watch yourself. Watch
out for your brothers and sisters. Watch what the enemy is doing. Watch what’s going on in the world. Watch for the blessed hope and appearing of our Lord. Amen.