Ok, here we are with another post. This time though it didn’t take as long to write again. In the previous post I talked about God’s gifts being impenetrable. There is nothing greater than a gift from God. But, today I am going to cover more then one area.

One is not to be afraid of the gospel of Jesus Christ. People are using social media to talk about anything. Some of it is vulgar or even morally wrong and they don’t worry about offending anyone. Yet we as followers of Jesus are afraid to say things because we don’t want to hurt people.  So what happens next. They make fun of us, call us weak, and push us around. Well its time to stop this and turn it around. Remember that Jesus said that we will be persecuted for His Name sake. If its going to happen anyway, then lets give them a reason. Shout from the roof tops that Jesus is Lord and wants you.

Next is the fact that we need to know who our neighbor is. The great commandment is love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul and with all your strength. The second part is to Love your neighbor as yourself. So, who is my neighbor? Its everyone other than yourself. Yes its your real next door neighbor. But its also your family, parents, children and friends. When was the last time you considered your spouse as your neighbor? Take the time to truly love them as Christ loved the church. Do this and watch what changes God makes in their life and yours.

Now, how about the “golden rule?” Matt. 7:12 “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” We  need to stop treating people like dirt if they disagree with us. We are really bad in this when we talk to other “Christians” who are of a different faith. As long as we have the same core beliefs, why can’t we agree to disagree and go on as one body? Or even when we see a “sinner” (lesbian, homosexual or maybe an atheist) and we quickly run in the other direction. They need to see Jesus and experience Him as much if not more than we do. But they won’t if we are not. Not reading the Bible. Not praying. Not walking as He did. And not spending time with Him ourselves.

It may be a lot to do all of this at once. So do only what you can at first. And I would start with the most important one first. That is your relationship with God. Once this one gets going good, then try another one. Here is a simple experiment. Go to a mirror, face it and close your eyes. Clear your mind. Then open them and what do you see? What is your first thought? What are our first impressions? Just be honest with yourself. If you don’t like what you see or don’t know what you see then you have a good starting point for prayer. If you really do like what you see, then ask God if this is what He wants people to see in yourself. So remember that its not done until its  over.

Be blessed, Ken