Good to the Last Drop
by Sandra Moats
As we begin the year of 2019, many will make
New Year’s
resolutions. Time and knowledge have sped up,
as Scripture says
they would. Da 12:4. Most folks find themselves
with little spare
time to accomplish all that needs to be done.
We find ourselves
running to and fro. In this fast pace there can
be a tendancy for
some to omit activies that take more effort and
require us to slow
down or stop. Some of those activities have
oviously been
Christian outreach.
Many churches are declining in
attendance and prayer
meetings are meagerly attended. Many churches
have only older
people coming to services. We must face the
facts that we are not
fulfilling “The Great Commission.” Most
churches have busy young
families, youth that are devoted to their
electronics, and mature
believers who believe that they have done their
part.
How does this all line up with the
mandate that Jesus
Christ gave to His church? The Great Commission
is the duty of
every Christian. Jesus said, “Go ye therefore,
and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe
all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am
with you always,
even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Mt
28:16-20.
I believe that we are in the time of
the birth pangs Jesus
spoke about in Matthew 24. There are great
deceptions, rumors of
wars, famines, pestilances, earthquakes,
persecutions, false
prophets, hatred, betrayals, sin abounding,
along with an
increasing lack of love within people. All
these things are taking
place simultaneously, and increasing in degree.
This is the time,
more than any other in history, to become
serious about fulfilling
what Jesus commanded us to do in “The Great
Commission.”
Through the years my husband and I have
been blessed to
walk with many strong ministers within this
nation. As we have
talked we have agreed on serving God with all
our hearts untill we
enter Heaven’s Gates. Many years ago Ralph and
I told the Lord we
want to run with Him, and be “Good to the Last
Drop.”
The slogan “Good to the Last drop” was
claimed to have
first been coined by President Teddy Roosevelt
in 1907. He had a
cup of Maxwell coffee while touring in
Nashville, Tennessee. After
drinking it he said, “Good to the last drop.”
For the Great Commission to be
fulfilled it will take that
thought rooted in Christian lives. It defies
retirement. There is
no “I’ve done my part.” For the Christian, the
follower of Jesus
Christ, there is no retirement from The Great
Comission.
My mentor of 25 years, Rachel Titus,
taught me well and
was “Good to the Last Drop.” She traveled all
over the world
sharing Jesus. When she was widowed Jesus
became her “Weathly
Jewish Husband” as she called Him. Some times
while on the road
she endured 8 cancer operations. Only 1 month
after coming back to
her home base she entered Heaven’s Gates. She
was “Good to the
Last Drop” at 84 years old.
Reverand Chuck Flynn, a prominant
prophet in Christian
circles, walked tirelessly with many television
ministries as he
ministered all over the world. Chuck went
through many medical
situations, only to go back on the road each
time. There was no
retirement for him. He only had a few weeks
after his last medical
situation until he entered Heaven’s Gates late
in his 70’s.
Dick Joyce was a blessing to thousands
as he ministered
in Spanish speaking countries. He discipled
pastors and taught
young followers tirelessly. He used to say he
didn’t want any down
time, but wanted to serve God till he went
home. A couple years
ago he came in from Costa Rica after teaching
and ministering to
visit his son’s family. He didn’t feel well,
and he went to a
doctor. He found out he had a rare form of
cancer and it was late
stage. He sent us an email about seeing us in
Heaven. Three days
after he returned to the states, at almost 80,
he went into a coma
and entered Heaven’s Gates. He was “Good to the
Last Drop.”
Sandy Earle and I met while serving
the “Voice of the
Martyrs.” We had much in common with our
international mission
work. We became fast friends and often talked
via email. She lost
her husband a few years ago, and her daughter
went through cancer
treatment. Sandy herself had cancer and walked
through chemo.
Three years ago, after going through
treatments, she was back on
an airplane headed for Egypt. She asked if I
would go with her,
but I was unable to leave. She came in last
month from her trip of
blessing churches and orphans with great
success. She went to bed
a few days later and never woke up. She entered
Heaven’s Gates in
her sixties being “Good to the Last Drop.”
This year reach out your hands to
those around you. Touch
the weary, encourage church leaders, open your
heart to speak to
the lost and searching. No matter what your
situation is, you can
touch souls for Christ. Open your mouth and
share Jesus Christ. Be
His hands and feet to those wo are in the
world. Feed and
encourage the hungry and weary. Again, my New
Year’s resolutions
will include being “Good to the Last Drop.” I
hope yours will be,
too.
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