You know, as you go on in this journey through this Pilgrim's Land, you meet people who really know what all's going on. Like the 'Brother'

I'm currently thinking about who really had a zeal for the 'work" of the Lord. We were out and about the town during the day, and he

began to say...     

 

    "Hey, Bro, Let's do something!" "Like what, Brother?" "I don't know, but let's do something, even if it's wrong!" "Yea, sure, but what do

you mean?" "What do I mean? You know! Let's get something done for God! Because, If we don't get cracking and 'make something

happen' for God, then we're going to get left behind in our Christian service! And you know what that means!" "No, Brother, what does that

mean?" "Why that means that we won't be making it to glory so well. That's what that means! Because we didn't 'make it happen' enough

for God in His work!" "Oh yes, of course, Brother, but what if indeed we do actually 'make something happen', and that something is wrong.

Like hurting somebody. What then?" "It's not some 'body', Bro, but some 'one'. You know what the Pastor teaches... But what do you mean

do somebody wrong? How can we possibly do somebody wrong, if we are doing something for God, for them? I mean, so long as it works,

it's good, right?" "Well...right...Brother..." "Of course I'm right! Hey, so long as it gets people into church, then it has to be right, and since

nobody's going to make it on their own, like we didn't, then even as somebody 'made it happen' for us, so we have to 'make it happen' for

somebody else, right?"  "Well, yea, sure, but..."  "No, Bro, no but's about it! We just need to start 'making something happen' for God, and

we're just the ones to do it, right?!"  "Well, yes, Brother, of course, and I'm not trying to 'hold up the program' or 'get in the way' or anything

like that, and I know what Pastor teaches about us getting out there and 'making it happen' for our own selves and others too, and we can't

just sit around praying all day long and expect God to do something for Himself about it, but..."  "Nope, no but's again, Bro! I don't mean to

keep cutting you off and stuff, but you're already exactly right. Just leave it right there, and that is, "if we're going to expect something to

'happen' for the Lord and the kingdom of God, then we've , that's you and me, Bro, have got to put some legs on them prayers and go out

there and 'make it happen' for ourselves". Does that sound familiar, Bro?!"  "Uh, yea, it sounds almost exactly like Pastor's preaching..." 

"Yep, that's right, Bro! I got the words and the teachings of the man of God down to a "T". Better safe than sorry, is what I say, and I don't

want to misquote the Pastor and get in trouble with God or nothing like that! So, c'mon Bro, that settles that! So, let's go! Hey, look there!

There's somebody right now on the other side of the parking lot, so let's 'go get'em' for the Lord! You pray, I'll play!"

 

    "Excuse me sir. But me and my friend here saw you walking along, and we wanted to invite you out to our church!"  "Well, I..." "So,

here's our church card for you to have and put in your wallet!"  "Well, I..."  "You see right there is our service times, plenty of them, eh? and

on the back there. Here gimme that, and let me show you! There, that's a nice picture of our church building. How's that for a tabernacle?

Pretty impressive, eh?!"  "Well, I..."  "And right beside it is a professionally done strip map to help get you to our church, but you don't have to

worry so much about how to get there the first time you come out, because me and my friend here are coming to get you and have you ride

with us, unless you insist on driving yourself, of course, then we'll lead you out there for your convenience!"  "Well, I..."  "So then, Mr...uh...

what did you say your name was?" "Well, I..."  "No matter! We'll get all that information about you later, but now, first things first! Our next

hurch service is this Sunday morning, so we'll be by your place about 9:30AM to come and personally get you out to church with us, ok?" 

"Well, I..."  (O Lord, deal with this sinner's heart, and help the Brother to 'make it happen' for you dear God!)  "Shhhh! Bro! Not so loud! I'm

getting to the real pivot point here!) 

 

   "So, Mr. What d'ya say?"  "Well, I..." "So you'll come! Great! Like I said, well be by about 9:30 to pick you up or to lead you out, if you

insist on driving yourself! Do you have any family?"  "Well, I..."  "Because, if you do, then we'll get your kids into the great Sunday School

program, so they'll be out of the way of us adults, and you can join me and the Brother here, and your wife can join our wives when we sit

down at the chapel, so that you two can get dealt with personally during the service and altar call, after all, we wouldn't want you two to be

having conversations during the message from God and not getting your heart right, right?"  "well, I..."  "Right! Of course you wouldn't! I

knew you'd see it our way!"  "Well, I..."  "You do have a family don't you?"  "well, I..." "Woa, wait a minute, you're not going to tell us you're

living with your girlfriend or something?"  "Well, I..." "Because, if that's the case, then that'll have to stop ASAP! But she can come to church

with you too, after all, you'll want her to get saved too, right?"  "Well, I..."  "So, how about it?"  "Well, I..."  "Great! We'll just get your

information, and your girlfriend's, if you have one...(Quick, Bro! Give me your pen! Thanks!)

 

   Alright then, here we go with the information getting! So, what was your name again?"  "Well, I..."  "No matter, you just write all that stuff

down here on our soulwinner's notebook that we're going to make our first million with, and be sure to put down the names of your family

members or girlfriend, if you really have one, because after our preaching, I'm sure you'll all get saved, and if it's your girlfriend, then she or

you can move out and make new living arrangements, so you can keep coming to our church properly, ok?"  "Well, I..."  "Hey, you're not

trying to back out on us just because we told you the truth, are you? Or you're not going to give us that old line about already going to a

church, huh?"  "Well, I..."  "Alright then, if you want to play that game, so can I! What's your church name? Huh? What address is it? What's

the Pastor's name? Huh? Well? Just as I thought! Here, start writing!"  "Well, I..."  "No, no. No need to talk. Just write."  "Well, I..."  "What?

You forget your name or something? What's wrong with you, anyway?" "Well, I..."  "Look Mr. whoever you are! We've come all the way

over here just to 'make it happen' for the Lord with you, and you wouldn't want to disappoint God, or us, or especially not our Pastor, would

you?! Hmmm?"  Well, I..."  "Ok, look Sir, this is your last chance, and we're not going to take 'no' for an answer anyway, so you might as well

just do right and do what we want you to do, because after all, we do have your best interest at heart, and your own family, and even your

live-in girlfriend, if you happen to have one, even if you don't think so, ok?!"  "Well, I..."  "Look, our God came all the way into the world for

sinners like us, which me and my Brother here aren't anymore, unlike you, who seems to be a different story, and whoever you're living with.

So let's just quit beating around the bush, here, and lay our cards out on the table, though we don't do that anymore, being true holiness

Christians now. Unlike other compromisers who only think they're saved, but not really, because they refuse to agree all the way with us! So,

let's just lay it all on the line, here, and be honest with one another. Do you want to get saved and be a Christian like us, or not? Hmmm?"

"Well, I..."  "Look, now, it's very simple. If you were to die right now, this very minute in front of our soulwinning efforts, would you go to

heaven or hell? Hmmm?"  "Well, I..."  "Just as thought! And we're not going to talk about that stuff anymore with you, because that's not our

job, but the preacher's. He's the only one who really knows how to deal with people truly spiritually, but we're just supposed to make the

church attendance side of it happen in the Father's business for God and the Pastor. So, don't even try to answer that question here, nor pray,

nor anything like that, but you need to wait and get saved at the altar call of our church, when our Pastor tells you too, because that's the only

proper place to really get saved and know where our loyalties really lie, though me and my Brother, here, don't lie anymore. Now, we do

really love you, even more than you love yourself, though you probably don't know that, just like the rest of the sinners out here who do not go

to one of our churches. So, once again, finally, why don't you just give in to God and do like we want you to do, and everything will turn out

just fine! Trust me..."  "Well, I..."  "You do trust me, don't you? Hmmm?"  "Well, I..."  "Go on...There's the pen and paper right there..." 

"Well, I..."  "No, no talk, but just write. You'll feel better after..."  "Well, ...I..."  "Go on..."  "Well...I..."  "There you go...It'll all be over before

you know it...There! Good! Good job! I knew you had it in you! You see? That wasn't so bad, after all, was it? You've just got to learn to trust

perfect strangers like us and the other people you're going to meet, especially the Pastor! So, look, once again, we'll see you this coming

Sunday, and make sure you follow through, or else (Ha! Ha!), ok?"  "Well, I..."  "Fine, just fine. So, we'll see you then...um...what was your

name again? Oh well, no matter! I'll get it off your information here! God bless you! And we'll see you this Sunday morning! Bye!"       

 

   "There, Bro, see how it works? My Lord, I do love 'making it happen' for God! It's a real fighting experience and hard work sometimes, but

worth it all! I can see those church attendance numbers rising even as we speak! Right?"  "Well, yessir, that sure was impressive. I must say! So, what did he write down on the paper?" "Oh, we don't have to bother with that right now. I'll transcribe it to my official soulwinner's worksheet for Pastor later. I'm sure it's the right

information. That man wouldn't dare cross me and Pastor like that. Guys like him usually get right in line when a real leader comes along who's

good at 'making things  happen'! So, now, we just get to his place at 9AM Sunday, and..."  "But, Brother, didn't you say we would meet him at

his house at 9:30AM?"  "Well, of course, I did, silly, but you don't think we're actually going to wait until that late to arrive at his house do you?"  

"We're not?"  "No! Of course not! Ha! Ha! Ha! Oh boy! You are a novice, aren't you?"  "Uh, heh, yea, I guess so..."  "Hey, look, Bro, we

just told him that to keep him off balance, so that he can't try to give us the dodge and run out on God or something. When you 'make something

happen' in life, you have to really 'make things happen'! We wouldn't want our new contact to give us the slip! After all, Paul did say in Hebrews

that we shouldn't let any of them slip! You see?"  "Uh, yea, I* guess so..."  "Of course you do, Bro! Real leaders have to always be thinking

of these things beforehand! You see? We have to be aware of the devil's devices that these people try to play on us, God's true soulwinners,

until they get locked in like us later on! That's what 'making it happen' is really all about! We've always got to be staying on top of God and

His work and His business, which is our business, the 'peoples' business'! Why, we've got to marry that business, so that it becomes the single

most important thing in our lives, even more than our own jobs, family, homes, and one's we happen to be already married to also! Not before

Pastor and the rest of the leaders, of course, but you know what I mean. After all, Pastor and God's ministry are the same thing for us and

others that believe. You know?"  "Uh-huh." 

 

   "Right, so that's the only way to guarantee our success in the soulwinning business of God! And, if that means going out of our way to fight

for them, then so be it. And, we'll insure our success by being there 30 minutes early, which isn't really lying, so long as we're not late, and

then we can follow through by making sure he and whoever is with him follows through, and depending on how much of a struggle he puts up,

we may have to follow through some more. And, if that means fighting with him, I mean, fighting for him, some more, then it's all in a

day's work, right?"  "Uh, right."  "You see, Bro, sometimes you just have to really, really 'make it happen' with a little extra push. That's really

what the Christian service and life is all about! 'Make it happen', 'make it happen', and 'make it happen' some more! And if you ever think

you've 'made it happen' enough, then you're really in trouble, unless you go right back out there and 'make it happen' some more! Unless, of

course, you're Pastor and another leader like that who's already 'made it happen' so much and so well, that they just make sure that we 'make

it happen' for them and God! That's called a 'win-win', or even a 'win-win-win'!"  "A what, Brother?"  " A 'win-win', You know. When our

leaders begin to start winning off of our winning, so that if we don't 'make it happen' and win one for them, you know, like that coach fella, the

Gripper. I think his first name was Jack, or something. But anyway, that's no matter, because he's not as important as Pastor and the other l

leaders on earth..." "You mean like a Win-Dixie-win, down south, right?"  "Huh?"  "Or maybe even a 'Winnie-the-pooh-win, anywhere?" 

"Huh?" "Ha! Ha! Brother! I was joking around with you..."  "Uh, yea, Bro, but don't mock. This is serious business here! Their souls, and our

ministerial future is at stake. We're not supposed to be having any fun or stuff like hat. It's just too serious for that!" "Uh, sorry, Brother..." 

"Well, that's alright, Bro. If you've repented, then everything's fine with God, and so with me too! But, if we don't win for them, then they

won't be winning at all, and we can't let that happen, because that's entirely the wrong thing to 'make happen', or, I mean, to 'make not-happen'.

And, hoo Boy, you don't want that to happen or not-happen, because then you ain't seen nobody upset like you'll see our Pastor upset behind

that pulpit of his. Whooeee! That's a sight we don't want to see too often, if at all!"  "Yea, I know. I've seen that too. I guess that's called

coming out with the fire and sword, huh, Brother?" "Amen! and then some!"            

 

    "You see, we can rest when we get to heaven, unlike the other lazy folks, who will wish they had done more soulwinning, when they wake

up in hell."  "Oh my, Brother! That's terrible!"  "You bet your stars, it is, although, of course, we don't bet on anything anymore, especially not

a bunch of idolatrous stars from Hollywood! Right?!"  "Right! Brother!"  "Right! I think you've finally got it, too, Bro!"  "Right you are Brother!

'Win-Win! That's what it's all about!"  "C'mon! Let's you and me both this time go and 'make it happen' some more!"  "Amen!"  "Man, it's

good to see you're finally on board, which sometimes is the hardest thing in the world, to 'make it happen' with our own Brothers, especially

the preachers! Boy, you should here what Pastor says about them!"  "What, Brother?"  "Hmmm...I guess I can tell you, seeing you're really

on board now. Pastor says they have some of the hardest heads in the world! Ain't that a hoot! Ha! Who'd have thought it? But, of course,

Pastor should know, huh?"  "What do you mean, Brother?"  "Uh, nothin' Bro, I was just makin' conversation..."  "No, Brother, I mean, yes, I

see your point, after all, I've heard the Pastor say that before several times, but I guess it just didn't register until just now. Wow, I never knew

that's what he meant, but I guess so!"  "Right! So come on and let's go get 'em for the Lord and 'make it happen' for Pastor, and the leaders,

and ourselves, and the people...and God too!!!"

 

 

 

 

'Mr. Make-It-Happen'

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