9/30/13 - Share
All In Series
“[And he was]
proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with
all boldness and without hindrance.” Acts 28:31
Even though I haven’t seen or talked to her in years, I
fondly recall my neighbor, Mrs. Boggs who loved God so much that she shared Him
with everyone she encountered. She
started “The Good News Club” in her backyard for kids in our neighborhood to
come and hear stories about the goodness of God. My friends and I would look forward to
hearing the Bible stories and seeing her display them on her flannel graph
board each week while we munched on cookies and drank her sweet lemonade. She had such an infectious love for the Bible
and the stories it contained of beautiful life change that it made me want to
know more.
When you are “All In”, completely sold out for Jesus, you
can’t hide what you have. You want to
share it with others so that they too can feel the love of the Savior. So that they too can have that inexplicable
joy and peace that only comes from knowing the One that breathes life into our
souls and meaning into our beings.
Sharing doesn’t have to be hard. It shouldn’t be a task that needs to be
checked off our to-do list. It should
just be part of who we are and what we do.
At West Ridge we use the acronym B-L-E-S-S to help us focus on others.
First you should Begin with prayer.
Ask God to show you who He wants you to invest in. You won’t have to go
looking for them when you pray for that. God will show you someone that you
know in your community, someone in your sphere of influence. Then, Listen to them. Find out what is going on in their life and
what needs they have that you can pray about for them. Third, Eat with them. Invite them over to share a meal with
you. Really begin to learn about
them. Fourth, Serve them. Serving
others allows us to be the hands and feet of Jesus, to show them concrete
examples of love. And finally, Share
with them. Tell them about your own
story and how Jesus made you new and changed your life.
I am a new creation,
the old has gone and the new has come- 2 Corinthians 5:17. I want to tell people about this. God has changed me from the inside out and I
want others to know about how He can do the same for them. I want to let my light shine for Jesus in
order to draw others to Him.
Lord Jesus, thank you
for the people in my life who have shared with me about You and your Love. Thank you for using them to teach me about
You and the new life you offer. Help me
to share that with others that I know and help me to constantly be pointing
people back to you and your goodness.
Devotion written by Ruth Wittenbrook
