Today, September 11, 2009, is the eighth anniversary of the attack on our nation that robbed 3000 of our fellow sojourners on this planet of life. Their plans for the future were in the rubble of the Twin Towers and of the Pentegon and in a field in Pennsylvania.

May we bow our heads before our great God this day and pray that this nation which was laid at His feet at its inception will return to the God of our Founding Fathers. Let us ask Him to give us holy boldness in sharing our faith with those who know Him not in order that we may be instruments in His hand of the restoration of our great country to righteousness in Jesus Christ.

September 11

When we share our faith with another, exactly what should we hope will be the return on our investment of time and heartfelt conviction? It takes a certain amount of holy boldness to step out with the gospel of truth as we understand it, to impart to another thinking individual of our beliefs and hope he embraces them.

Should we hope he’ll begin attending church with us? Perhaps he will, and that would be lovely. Will he see eye-to-eye with us on every matter of doctrine? This is an unlikely eventuality in view of the fact that many within the same denomination differ on fine points of doctrine.

Should we expect that we will have a brother in the faith—one with whom we may consider ourselves co-heirs in the family of faith in Jesus Christ? This is a realistic expectation but time and distance will often separate even those of like precious faith. Paul stated his thoughts regarding those whom he had converted to Christ and it would be well if they were ours.

In I Corinthians 1:4, 5 he says, “I thank my God at all times for you because of the grace which He bestowed on you in Christ Jesus; in every respect, you are enriched, full of power in your knowledge of Him.” Our part, once we have complied with the great commission to share our faith, is to leave the one who has received the Lord at His feet with prayer and thankful hearts.