Sharing Simple Things

FACES

While riding in the car this week, I was listening to the Enlighten channel on the radio.  This channel plays only Southern Gospel music.  A song came on by a group called Greater Vision.  They sing many good, solid Christian songs and many of them minister to me. 

The song they were singing was called, “Faces”.  I felt impressed to share the words with you.  The words of the song help encourage me when I look back over my life and become discouraged because it seems like I have not done anything worthwhile for the Lord.  I think of the people who have crossed my path, the classes I have taught, the prayers I have prayed, and the other things that I have done for the Lord and cannot see the kind of results I had hoped for.  But God sees the big picture.  People come in and out of our lives and often our influence is never apparent to us. 

We must just keep on being God’s witness and reaching out to others.  It is not meant for us to see the end result.  Some things are known only to God.  But there will come a day when the books will be opened and we will see how much our witness has meant.  He said, “be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life”  Revelation 2:10.

I am not working for a reward. I just want my life to be an influence that will rescue some souls who are lost and turn them to Jesus.  When the time comes for the review of my life, will I see any faces of those who have found the Way because of me?

Here is the song.  I hope it will bless you and encourage you to keep trusting, obeying and working even when you do not see results.

Faces

Greater Vision

I dreamed my life was done
I stood before God's son
It was time to see what my reward would be
With love He reviewed my life
To count what was done for Christ
For that is what will last eternally

See I'd done my best to share
That Jesus really cares
And He would save if they just believe
Oh, but seldom did harvest come
And so few did I see won
Until the Lord said, "turn around and see."

(Chorus)
Then He showed me the faces of the ones who'd come because of me
So many faces that my life had led to Calvary
All those years I thought nobody saw as I labored in lowly places
That's when Jesus smiled and showed me all the faces.

He said though you did not see the yield,
You were faithful to plow the field
At other times you helped me plant the seed
No matter how small the task, you did just as I asked
And thanks to you these souls have been set free.

(Chorus)
Then he showed me the faces of the ones who'd come because of me
So many faces that my life had led to Calvary
All those years I thought nobody saw as I labored in lowly places
That's when Jesus smiled and showed me all the faces.

Tag:
And for those years you thought
Nobody saw as you labored in lowly places
One day He'll smile and show you all the faces.
... the faces... you'll see their faces.

Here is my card for the week…