Have you ever heard of the "butterfly effect"? Imagine that you could drop a single marble into a lake and then follow the path of a single ripple. What do you think that you would find? That single ripple would travel across the lake and bounce off of any object that it encountered. It would then continue on and bounce from surface to surface until the energy of the ripple is disipated. If you were to chart the interaction of that single ripple, you might be surprised at all the things that it contacted. What list of things felt its impact?
How much more does our life impact the lives and circumstances of those around us, and, post-impact, the lives that those lives impact?
Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV) Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
So...if I make a single disciple (let's name him Joe) and Joebecomes a missionary to a group of people in a foriegn land and they become Christ-followers, then I have helped many people find eternal life. Adversly, if I passed up the opportunity to share my faith with Joe, then how do those people hear the Good news of Jesus Christ? I know that God can choose to send someone else, but what about the effect my choices make in the lives of others?
Each of us makes choices. Right? Do we realize the impact that our choices have on and in the lives of others. "No man is an Island." -John Donne
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