To save some (3)

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“… Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some. I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.” 1 Corinthians 9v22-23 (NIV)

Have you ever been somewhere and you started smelling the aroma of the food someone else was making? Or, have you passed another place and just smelt such a foul and offensive smell. With or without believers knowing it, God is using us to let people know about Him. There is something about a child of God that catches the attention of the world. While we are peculiar, one way in which to let people know about Jesus is to start a conversation with them, and find a common ground with them. Jesus met a woman at the well of Samaria, and He spoke to her saying “Please give me a drink.” The Bible says “The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?” Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask Me, and I would give you living water” (John 4v7, 9-10, NLT). Iniquity separates us from God (Isaiah 59v2), but He loves the world (John 3v16). God was reconciling the world to Himself through Jesus, and now, we are Christ’s ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5v19-20). We can show love. How? Be patient with people, be kind to them, don’t be rude, proud, arrogant, self-seeking. Remember, love never fails! (see 1 Corinthians 13). Some people have never experienced true and genuine love. One day, perhaps, they will ask you about what makes the difference in you.  

Supplementary text

“And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to Himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to Him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making His appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”” 2 Corinthians 5v17-19 (NLT)

Prayer

Father, we thank You for our Word. We thank You for Your love that is shed abroad in our hearts by Your Spirit. We thank You for the Greater One that is on the inside of us. We pray Father that we would indeed walk in love and be lights to this world, and be Christ’s ambassadors in Jesus name, amen.