The Next Best Thing

The next BEST thing

My late Pastor (and father-in-law) had a saying that rings in heart and mind to this day.  He would say " the next best thing to getting save is to lead another person to be save !!"  Of course, he was talking about the joys of our salvation.  In the book of Psalms, David would cried to the Lord and prayed "restore unto me the joys of thy salvation." see Psalms 51:12

As my mind goes back to those great services we had in the mid 1980s, we had great singing, shouting, preaching and testimonies. Folks would come to God and get helped, many times it helped us in the pews.  We saw a lot of great conversion, many people getting saved and getting right with the Lord, that we still talked about today.

We had one salvation, that we still talk about today.  One of our christian ladies, would always go to the altar to pray for her husband to be saved every Sunday night.  It was an expectant thing and we were with her. Well, her husband came to church and was gloriously saved !!  (and made a preacher too!!) But it was just one more of those times when my pastor said "seeing someone get saved is the NEXT BEST thing to getting saved !! And I Amen, Glory to God and Hallelujah !!!

Actually, my last blog, the Lift we need, when I lead a young man to the Lord, while on the telephone at my kitchen table. It gave me a lift, love and joy that I needed and reminded ME of the next best thing.  ;-)

But dear friend, you must be born again, born from above, see John chapter 3 in the bible, the great bible chapter and explanation on the new birth. Eyes have not seen nor has ears all heard of the things that God has for us. But first, accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, accept Him into heart and then you will enjoy the BEST thing.

For God so love the world to He gave his only begotten son, THAT, whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.  PTL !!

God Bless you,

RevDanSam


ps. I just read this blog aloud to my wife and it brought tears to our eyes thninking about our pastor and her Dad, PTL !!