1 is better than 99..

Yesterday, I heard a story.
Someone in my department at work recently went to visit the small population of spanish Jews living in Israel. While he was there the local church had an evangelistic event. There were 150 people in attendance, small by our American standards.

5 souls were saved.
That was the equivalent of 5,000 people here....

It reminded me again of how we tend to
count success in numbers. We measure relatively and compete like we're in it for the money.

I was reminded that Jesus said, "there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!"
and
"...there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents"

When we're often overwhelmed and all about quantity, Jesus is all about quality.
Let us not forget the power of one.
For if we "successfully" herd the masses through, and neglect truly teaching even one heart
what will we have to show, for our efforts in the end will be failure.
God sees souls not numbers
He sees children that he calls precious - rare and of great value.