--A FAILURE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A SUCCESS STORY ~~
--[Greg Laurie // "Tell Someone"]

~~~George Smith thought his ministry was a failure. He felt called to Africa, but he was only there for a short time as a missionary when he was driven from the country. He left behind one convert, a woman. Not long after that, George Smith died on his knees praying for Africa.

Some years later, a group of men stumbled onto the place in Africa where George Smith had ministered. They found a copy of Scriptures he had left behind, and they met the one convert of his ministry, who led them to the Lord. Later a missions organization did a study and determined that one hundred years after George Smith left Africa, thirteen thousand people had come to faith through his ministry as one person reached another, who reached another, and so on.

The Bible calls Noah "a preacher of righteousness" (see Peter 2:5), yet he lived for 120 years without ever seeing a single convert. He stands as an example of all those faithful witnesses out there who don't see a lot of results.

Are you one of those people? Maybe you have been talking to your family for years, and not one has come to believe in Jesus. Maybe you have shared your faith with your neighbors and coworkers but have never had anyone believe as a result of your testimony. You feel that you're the worst evangelist of all time.

But it isn't over until it's over. Your job is to be faithful. Your job is to do your part and leave the results in the hands of God. When we stand before the Lord one day, it isn't going to be about quantity, it is going to be about why and if you were faithful to do what the Lord set before you to do.

You cannot lead everyone to Christ, but by God's grace you can lead someone to Him. I heard it once said "I am only one, but I am one."

**I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
**What I can do, I ought to do.
**And what I ought to do by the grace of God, I WILL DO!

We must all do what we can while we can.
Again, Jesus has told us to "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel."

**Let's start with the one we come into contact with today.
***Let's do what we can while we can.
****Let's get busy and Tell Someone, for Jesus!
~~Jesus said, "I and my Father are One." --[John 10:30]
*****'EMMANUEL = GOD WITH US' ~
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--[Remember,] "GOD WITH US" // (lyrics) Terrain~~ --<https://youtu.be/XKjYHBLrW8s>
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