“I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved.” Romans 11:25-26

It’s the time for health checkups. Every year I get them. It seems this year, I am adding more! Appointments for Doctors, labs and medical facilities have all adopted a method to keep order and business flowing. Every time I have an appointment, I can be SURE that I will get at least 1 email, a text and/or a phone call saying, “Now remember your appointment is at… Press 1 to confirm!”

I received a phone message yesterday, but couldn’t answer it because I was at another appointment! So they left me a voicemail. “Mr. McCay, we know your appointment is for 10:30am, but if you could come at 10:15am instead, that would be good!” I had to smile at that one, because anytime I can get something done and over with, sooner than later, I prefer it. Sometimes, I wish God thought like me!

I’ve been hearing that Jesus is coming back since I was a kid. That message hit a crescendo in my teen years in the 70’s. Ever since then, every world news story is used as an excuse for another prophecy for ‘The End of Days.’ Though Israel has been a miraculously regathered nation since 1948, I’ve seen it ‘at war’ more than not! I’ve prayed… “Lord, can you just get this over with?” ‘SILENCE!’

I haven’t gone looking for it, but lately it seems the Lord has been pushing my eyes and head toward the prophecies of the Nation of Israel… Our Mother! I say that because Romans chapters 9-11 were written, by my Father, about what is going on, or MUST go on, before God can ‘throw the flag!’ The one that says, “That’s it! Times’ up!” The ramp-up of more war rumblings has ME looking UP more!

I could spend a lot of time looking up Old Testament prophecies about it. But today, as I did that, I fell upon this verse. Then it hit me. Studying all the verses in the past about what is going to happen in the future isn’t really what God wants me to focus all MY time on. MY mission… and I accepted it, is to go tell the world about Jesus and make Disciples. His end can’t come until the last one comes!

So I’m going huntin’ today. I pray the Lord will place someone in front of me who doesn’t know Jesus, so I can introduce them! Maybe that ONE will be the LAST One! And we can get all this mess wrapped up… once and for all! Are YOU sharing Jesus with a VERY LOST WORLD? Because as Billy Graham alluded to in his book, I can hear ‘Approaching Hoofbeats!’