Clay in the Hands

This coming Sunday we will be discussing the importance of sharing.  I remember as a child, I was taught to share.  The lessons weren’t always pleasant because there is something inherent in us to want to keep things for ourselves.  I would like to think that as we grow up, we get better at sharing.  But sadly, I think that we just get better at masking our selfishness.  It is a constant battle to put other people’s interests above our own.  But that is what we are called to do as believers.

Unfortunately, often times this reluctance to share prevents us from sharing the most important news of all.  We, as believers – as followers in the Way, have the message of hope and rescue.  We hold the key that will unlock the chains that imprison individuals – chains of fear and isolation, chains of guilt and depression, chains of emptiness and low self-esteem – the chains of sin.

The Gospel is the message of rescue.  It is the news people need to hear.  The good news is that Jesus has made a way to free us from the chains that hold us down.  And we have that news.  Not only do we have that news, we have been given a mandate to share it.

Paul tells us in Romans 1:8 that people all over the world were talking about the faith that the believers in Rome had and how that faith was encouraging others and making a difference in their lives.  Acts 2:47 tells us that because of the faith and actions of the first believers, God was adding daily to their numbers.

There is something contagious about faith lived out.  Something powerful happens when people actually live out what they say they believe.

Live out your faith and share what Jesus has done for you with someone new today.

Be a blessing!