Motivator #7

“The renewal of the creation and the creatures through the renewal in humanity of the image of God is what John Wesley identifies as the very heart of Christianity.” (Theodore Runyon, The New Creation: John Wesley’s Theology Today (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998), 8.)

“John Wesley is convinced that God’s Spirit is at work everywhere in the world extending God’s prevenient graciousness among all peoples.” (Ibid., 33.)

I think this is a call for us to be prepared to give our account of the power of Jesus Christ living in the lives of all who might be called to believe. The spirit is working in the hearts of all humanity, and it is our job to be able to proclaim the message of Christ at any moment that the spirit might move. The harvest of souls is plentiful because the Holy Spirit is going out before us; it is up to us to harvest that crop and cultivate it to produce fruit. We are called to go out as the Spirit goes out, live our lives according to his word, and lead people towards the paths of righteousness.