Good Wednesday morning! A compliment was paid to me in a comment about a blog o' mine a couple of weeks ago. "Great minds think alike." I had to digest that for a bit, for we tend to belittle ourselves when Christ calls upon us to humble ourselves. Do you and I have great minds? Yes, I think so, but not because of what we have done in training or education, but through what Christ has done in us. We have great minds in Christ! We do think alike because the Holy Spirit lives in us.
When you and I gave our lives to Jesus, He made us a blank slate for Him to write upon. Jesus began speaking to others through our conversation, speaking, writing, drawing, singing, and whatever talent or method each of us has to shine a little light into this dark world. You may have a talent for computer work and wonder how that can proclaim the Good News. How you do your job and live your life is a statement to what Christ has done in your life. Your talent may not at first seem like a platform for spreading the Good News, but your very life in Christ is a reflection of God's good work in you! We can be glad to be a blank slate for Jesus to write upon.
In past times, God spoke to single prophets and kings. After all it was easy to get the attention of the people when not listening to the king might cause him to lop off your head for getting caught at it. In a way, we have decentralized the power a bit in our present day. Many people don't listen when our president speaks, and even fewer care what their senators and representatives have to say. People have also split up into thousands of churches, and that only includes those that go to a church. So, did that stop God from spreading the Good News? Not a bit! God sent out millions of Good News spreaders throughout the world. On television or radio, from a pulpit or a chair in a living room, from a written note to blogs on the Internet, God spreads His Word through lots of little lights shining in the darkness. That blank slate He made of us is made of a highly reflective material - we shine with God's great light. Not only does God write upon that blank slate, but He also polishes it to shine brighter for Him.
Take a moment to see the shine God has put on your life. Give glory to God!
Bucky
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