Desire To Live

So someone got shot at my work yesterday. A 19-year old African-American male got shot in his arm when he left the arcade I work at. It happened in the parking lot. The gunman shot approximately 5-6 rounds. Only one bullet hit the victim. He was OK. It was an exhilarating 60 minutes at my work. So, I enjoy working there. Why you may ask? Because it keeps life in a real perspective for me. I get to socialize with people that get in real fights, have real abortions, and praise God when they experience life for real.

Sometimes I wonder if the churches we go to are real enough or not. Think about it. How real is your church? Does the church as a community live to save sinners from the world or do they live to make themselves as comfortable as possible? I've had the opportunity to share the gospel with many young adults at my work. They usually don't care about what I tell them right away. But, then something happens. A personal crisis, a relationship break-up, a financial problem, or they start fearing of what's after life because someone got shot at their work. After these events, they suddenly are open to a gospel they didn't much care about or are persuaded from previous testimony that this is truth. The incident itself does not bring their salvation, but God who justifies the ungodly. There is a godly grief, a desire to fully know God and his character. I saw this in one of the young African-American guys I've been sharing the gospel with. He had started reading his Bible for the first time the night before. He had brought his Bible with him to work for some odd reason. He was reading it at work after this shooting incident. Praise be to God that someone got shot because it may be a catalyst to save one lost soul.


2Co 7:10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.