Inaction and our laziness...

I find that most days I am very ready to walk out the front door a happy person, but only because I care enough about me to make sure that I am happy. As I head to my car I anticipate the things that will be exciting during my day, and I think about how each will affect me. How much more selfish could I be? Why can't I be a true follower of Christ and start my day by reaching out, instead of reaching in. I have found that it is purely human nature to want to please one's self, and that it takes drastic and purposeful action to contradict that nature. Imagine you are sitting at a cafeteria table, eating your lunch. There is a girl (or guy) sitting alone at the table beside yours. Isn't it much easier to continue eating your quiet lunch (maybe you're absorbed in a book) rather than moving to the table next to yours and starting a conversation with what may be a lonely individual? I can easily see myself taking the first option and ignoring the call that I belive each of us has on our lives: to evangelize to the lost. I really belive that our inaction is caused by human nature, but there is another point that needs to be made. Human nature is sinful because of Adam's fall, and that leads me to conclude that it is not something to be accepted, but rather something to be fought against with all of our might through Christ! We must conquer that nature. Only then can God's love and forgiveness be expressed to the lost. That lonely individual might not be saved, and maybe one friendly smile from you or me will plant the seed of hope in thier heart that leads to thier eventual salvation. Who knows? Yes...why not take a chance?! What do we have to lose...actually, if anything there will be much to gain as we see our reward in the smiling face of Jesus when we arrive in Heaven. Maybe they are saved, maybe not. Why not take a chance and get out of our comfort zone and take that first step, say that first word, then trust the Holy Spirit to do the rest...because, who knows what might happen?