Some planted, others watered…but no one harvested

Pastor Jonathan Conrathe tells an amazing story of leading the head anesthesiologist  from the  World Health Organization to Christ on an airplane. This  anesthesiologist professed that he believed in God because of how  routinely during surgery the medical team would open up a patient to  discover that whatever malady they were operating for was already  healed. The head surgeon would say, “We will say nothing of this” and  they’d stitch him back up. Inevitably, the anesthesiologist said that  they discovered the patient was either a Christian or had a church  praying for him.

Following this remarkable conversation, the  anesthesiologist went back to his newspaper. Jonathan realized that  while the man believed in God, this didn’t mean that he necessarily was  regenerated. When he asked him if he had ever asked Christ to be Lord  and Savior, the man replied, “Well, no. No one ever told me that was the  way to get to God.”  The doctor then prayed with Jonathan to receive  Christ.

The story highlights how we must always be ready to give an appeal for Christ.