People need the Lord

This was a wonderful gospel song from years ago. Recently I was watching a special of some of the older artists and songs that use to be heard back in the 80's and before. Not that the current ones aren't good, it's just that those spoke such volumes to me since that was the time I was saved. They bring back memories of my personal journey (still on-going).  

The particular theme of this song is so relevant, regardless of the age of the listener. Steve Green was the artist who sang...

   "Everyday they pass me by,
    I can see it in their eyes.
    Empty people filled with care.
    Headed who knows where?
    On they go through private pain,
    Living fear to fear.
    Laughter hides their silent cries,
    Only Jesus hears.
    We are called to take His light
    To a world where wrong seems right.
    What could be too great a cost
    For sharing Life with one who's lost?
    Through His love our hearts can feel
    All the grief they bear
    They must hear the Words of Life
    Only we can share.
                               People need the Lord, people need the Lord
                               At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
                               People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
                               When will we realize that we must give our lives,
                               For people need the Lord." 

How do those words affect you? Do you see where your outstretched hand can easy the suffering of another? Do you understand that a word spoken in season can become a mighty seed in someone else's life? What we sometimes misplace is that the Lord has chosen to work through us to touch lives and bring healing and hope. Maybe not highly dramatic nor visible, but what's our focus - us or the hurting person in front of us?

And no, I'm not pointing fingers or accusing anyone... I just wonder how I may have answered this call? Where I may have shared the most important Person, the Lord, with others. How I may have said a word or acted with comfort to another person that brought them relief. Have I taken the message of this song and acted on it. Those questions don't exactly haunt me but they do cause me to look again at how I am being me in the world I live in. 

Years ago this song spoke volumes to me and did stir me to action. If it truly is still an important message... will it renew me? The word says:

   "... (Jesus speaking) Behold I say to you, lift up your eyes and look
    at the fields, for they are already white  for harvest!" (John 4:35)

What do we see? What will we do? And if we don't... what will be the future?