Are
you preaching the Word? Are you putting yourself out there to spread
the news, to fight the good fight and get the Gospel out to the
world?
Or
are you trying to live your life the best you can and struggling from
day; with no purpose and nothing really to live for or look forward
to?
God has a purpose for your life, you just need to find out what it is and walk in it.
God has a purpose for your life, you just need to find out what it is and walk in it.
For
Paul it was to learn the law, then learn the meaning of grace. He
stuck his neck out there for what he thought was right before he met
Jesus on the way to Damascus. Then he would refuse to listen to those
people who would try to tell him Jesus was the fulfillment of the
Law. Once he had his Damascus moment it all changed! From that point
on his life was turned over to following the Way, the Truth, and the
Life of Christ!
Have
you had your Damascus moment yet? Have you made the realization that
you just can't do it on your own? Whatever your 'it' is God wants to
help you see the true path laid out for you.
Paul
tells us what to do.
I
charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will
judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:Preach
the Word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke,
exhort, with all long suffering and teaching. For the time will come
when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own
desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for
themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the
truth and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all
things. Endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill
your ministry. 2 Timothy 4:1-5
Preach
the Word!
Be
ready in season and out of season.
Rebuke.
Exhort
.
With
all long-suffering, and teaching.
Do
the Word! Pass it on!
The
Word of God itself tells us what path to follow. Maybe your ministry
is to actually be a preacher or teacher who gets paid for that job,
but those of us who do it without pay are just as much accountable to
the plan of God. We do not get to reap the benefits without putting
in the time, you know what I mean?
We
need to use the time we have been given wisely, and that means that
we should not waste a moment! I don't mean you have to be all work
and no play, but to study to show ourselves approved and know the
Word of God so that we can share the Gospel at any moment is what we
need to do; because He spoke it into existence for just that purpose.
Do
not grow weary. Take what you learned and share with the teachers as
well as the unbelievers, sow the good stuff. Or should I say the God
stuff! We need to not look to satisfy our fleshly selfish desires but
the desires of our heart should indeed be that which the Lord would
have us do. I have been researching Colleges, and assisting young
adults and teens with where to go to College, what to do in life, of
late and I have learned that there is a lot out there to choose from
these days. If I could point them in one direction I would say find a
job that will allow you to reach people for Christ who would not
otherwise be reached.
In
our short lives here on earth we have that one objective; to pass on
what we have been taught about God and His Gospel so that many will
come to know Him and that they too would pass it on.
Did
you ever play 'telephone line' in school? That is the game that you
say something in the ear of the person next to you, and they say
something to the next person that is the same as they heard. Then
when you get to he last person you find out if the message came
across correctly. Our job as believers is to share the truth of Jesus
Christ rising from the dead to make it possible for us to become holy
as He is holy. For us to be resurrected in newness of life one day
just as He was, is. Our message is that it is free to those who
believe. If we do not share it the person twenty people down the road
may never get the message.
Did
you send the message today? Did you pass on what you received? Start
with something small, tell someone today that God is good! See how
long it takes to pass that one around your office, the grocery store
or wherever else you spend your day.
Or
purchase one of those 10 cent cards from the book store that have
scripture sayings on them. Pass on what you have learned. Fulfill
your ministry today.
Dear
Heavenly Father, give us the words to speak and the boldness in which
to speak them today, wherever we are. Open doors and windows that we
may speak of Your truth. In Jesus name, amen.
Suggested
Reading: 2 Timothy 4:1-21 , Galatians 6:1-18, Colossians 4:1-18,
Philippians 4:1-23