The Power of One

     What can one person do?  I asked myself this question one night when I couldn't sleep.  I didn't know why I coudn't rest, things were going okay for me, I had no big worries at the time.  That question came to me as clear as a bell as I lay there that night.  One person can't do much, I thought, especially me.  I lay there trying to sleep, but I couldn't get that thought out of my mind.  Then it occured to me, God was trying to open my heart to something.  What He led me to was something that I struggled with for several weeks.
     As I lay there, the story of the multiplying penny came to my mind.  I'm sure most of you have heard the story.  A man goes to work for another, and tells him he will work for 30 days.  The first day he will work all day for one penny.  All the man has to do is double his pay every day of the month.  They agree and the first man works all day for a penny.  The second day he works for 2 pennies. Doing this, the man's pay worked out like this every day of the month.
Day 1  $.01
Day 2  $.02
Day 3  $.04
Day 4  $.08
Day 5  $.16
Day 6  $.32
Day 7  $.64
Day 8  $1.28
Day 9  $2.56
Day 10 $5.12
Day11  $10.24
Day 12 $20.48
Day 13 $40.96
Day 14 $81.92
Day 15 $163.84
Day 16 $327.68
Day 17 $655.36
Day 18 $1310.72
Day 18 $2621.44
Day 19 $5452.88
Day 20 $10485.76
Day 21 $20971.52
Day 22 $41943.04
Day 23 $83886.08
Day 24 $167772.16
Day 25 $335544.32
Day 26 $671,088.64
Day 27 $1,342,177.28
Day 28 $2,684,354.56
Day 29 $5,368,709.12
Day 30 $10,737,418.24

    By day 30 the man was making $10,737,418.24.  Now, imagine each penny as a person.  That's what the One For A Million Challenge is about.  I am asking one person to join me on September 1st, to ask one person each day to come and find out about Jesus Christ, and to join in the One For A Million Challenge.  1,073,741,824 people could learn about Jesus Christ.  That is 1 billion people in 30 days.  I am praying for 1 million.  Out of 1 billion possible, are there 1 million willing to take the challenge?  Out of the 1 million, is there one that doesn't know Christ?  Are YOU willing to take the challenge?