Do you know who Theopholis was? I dare say that many people reading this would not immediately know. There is a good reason for that. Almost nothing is known of him. What we do know is that two entire books of the New Testament were written by Luke to him. (Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1).
Luke desired that his friend would know in order and in detail the earthly life of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the history of the early church. I seriously doubt that he knew that God would include these writings in the pages of His Holy Word! This ministry to one person, hundreds of years ago, has been used to minister to millions over the centuries!
It was a snowy Sunday on January 6, 1850. The blinding snow caused a 15 year old boy to turn in to a little Primitive Methodist church in Artillery Street, Newtown, Colchester England. The pastor was not able to get to his church that morning and a deacon in the churched got up and did the best he could to deliver a message to the few who were able to make it that morning. He took his text from Isaiah 45:22 “Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.” In that service 15 year old Charles Spurgeon was the only one that responded to the message. But God used Him to bring England to Himself, and to this day thousands of people continue to read his sermons.
John 3:16 was spoken in the middle of the night to only one man-Nicodemeus.
Who has the Lord placed in your life? Maybe it is only a few, maybe even only one. faithfully minister to them, and trust God to do what he will with your efforts.
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” (1 Cor 15:58 ESV)
