"I Could've Done More"

Many of you have seen the epic Steven Spielberg movie, "Schindler's List." It tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a businessman and member of the Nazi Party who saved the lives of over 1,100 Jews by having them work in his factories during World War II. If the 1,100 Jews had not been working in Schindler's factory, and on Schindler's list, then they surely would have been sent to concentration camps and executed.

Toward the end of the film, after the Germans had surrendered, the war had ended, and the concentration camps had been liberated, Schindler bids farewell to the 1,100 Jews he saved from death. But he laments that what he did was insufficient.

"I could've done more," Schindler cries. "I could've saved more lives. My watch could've paid the price to save more lives."

Oskar Schindler saved 1,100 Jewish lives in World War II, but for him it was insufficient. Schindler went to his grave always believing that he could've done more.

Can you do more? What more can you do in your ministry? In John 15:1-17, Jesus says that we are not just to bear fruit, but to bear much fruit. Not just one orange, but a whole grove. Not just one grape, but a whole vineyard.

Are you comfortable and satisfied with your ministry? Don't be. Do more. Don't just bear fruit, but bear much fruit. The more you bear, the more you should want to bear.