Let this one be for HIM

Acts 22:21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”

Knute Rockne called George Gipp the greatest football player Notre Dame ever produced. At the height of his college career, however, Gipp was struck with a serious infection that took his life. On his deathbed he told his coach, "Rock, someday when things look real tough for Notre Dame, ask the boys to go out there and win one for the Gipper."

Eight years later, Knute recounted the deathbed story for a lackluster team about to face the powerful Army football team of 1928. The Fighting Irish played beyond themselves that day. In the second half, Notre Dame halfback Jack Chevigny took the ball near the goal line and, having nowhere to go, catapulted over the Army line into the end zone. Jack then leaped to his feet shouting, "That one was for the Gipper!" Notre Dame went on to beat Army 12-6.

When Apostle Paul was directed by the Lord to go to the gentiles, it was not an easy task to undertake. He was a bit hesitant to go for it. But he did realize that the Lord has chosen him for something special and something which is difficult and hard to execute. But the anointing and the revelation on him was not simply to spend in Jerusalem to those who already knew Christ. This revelation and anointing was to bring the mountains down and till the hard ground.

Probably Paul might have said, This one has to be for Jesus. I am for it. Though it might be, but let me do it for HIM. Paul went to reach out to the gentiles in all the hard and closed areas. The Lord was with him and he continued to plant Churches and win many for Christ. Because he decided this one's for HIM.

Wish you all a very Happy and a Prosperous 2016. Let this one be for HIM.

Stanley Thomas Isac

Stanley is serving as the Pastor of Crossway Church in New Delhi, he can be reached at Stanleytisac@gmail.com