I've been thoroughly blessed by today’s Quote Of The Day. It brought great relief and answer to what was troubling me.
Lately I'd been testifying randomly. Anyone, anywhere, drunks, petrol attendants, hawkers, zoo keepers, shop assistants, etc. Sometimes it only takes a minute, or 20 minutes before I have to move on.
Now my worry was, "Are these people going to repent and take heed to the Truth I've tried to show them, and they themselves agreeing with me that this Message is truth; OR, is it just going in one ear and out through the other?" Whilst pondering on these thoughts, the tape was playing whilst I was driving, and our prophet said something that caught my attention:
Sometime ago a noted evangelist said, "I go into a city..." Well, it was our Brother Billy Graham, I think a mighty evangelist. He said to Louisville there, talking to the ministerial breakfast that morning...
I was there with Mordecai Hamm, which was a good Brother of mine, one that led him to the Lord, led Billy Graham to the Lord. Mordecai and I are neighbors there, so we're real good friends. And he was... We was setting at the table together, and old Billy got up, he said, "This Bible is the standard." He said, "When Paul went into a city," said, "he had one convert. He went back the next year and that convert had made thirty." Said, "I go into a city." Said, "I'll get thirty thousand converts. When I come back next year, or two weeks from then, hardly a month," said, "I can't find thirty." Said, "What's the matter?"
Now, here's what he said. He said, "It's you bunch of lazy preachers. Set back there with your feet on the desk and send them a card instead of personal contact them." I admired his--I admired his... but that wasn't it. I thought...
I want to ask you something: "Who was that personal one to--that...?" Paul didn't go back. He just left that convert. That's all. "The thing of it is, Billy, you're not taking them far enough out of the sight of all these things." That's what it is. Get that thirty thousand with the baptism of the Holy Ghost, then come back in thirty days and find that one.
61-0122 As The Eagle Stirs Her Nest
Then I thought, "Lord am I doing the right thing, or is it just mere zeal without knowledge? Sometimes I can't even spend more than minute to impart what I have to them, how then could I possibly have them receive the Holy Ghost in that short space of time?"
But our dear God has got an answer to every question. And He certainly did have one for me in today's Quote Of The Day:
My business is sow seeds. I don't know where they're falling, but I just sow it. God's confirming. Wherever it hits, it strikes like that, quickly it comes to life if it's in good soil. It it's on rock I can't help it. Some denominational foundation, I can't help it. Only thing, I'll just keep sowing seeds. I know He's coming. I believe it. I want to live for that. I'm convinced that He's coming. I'm convinced that He's coming soon. I am.
62-1125M Convinced And Then Concerned
I am convinced that: The Message is NEITHER dead NOR stale! Rather, the Message is the EVER FRESHEST manna from God by the prophet, Brother William Marrion Branham! And this Message has got ALL the answers to every past, current, and future problem, just like it did for me right now.
Hence I Jonah, I'll just keep sowing seeds. I know He's coming. I believe it. I want to live for that.
God richly bless you,
Brother Jonah