May 28

Perhaps you don’t feel the sting of immoral thoughts because you gained the victory over them long ago. Perhaps you no longer feel the lure of temptation to do whatever is necessary to get ahead because you’ve attained your goals and are resting in the delight of all you’ve accomplished.

If you are in that elite category of Christians that actually has found contentment, regardless of what your physical or financial or professional state may be, what is your role to be regarding the struggle of others who haven’t managed to reach the lofty place of contentment that you have attained?

The Word of the Lord has an answer to that quandary, as it does for every perplexity that humankind will ever face. If you will but search the scriptures, you will discover the role He would have you to play in the reconciliation of the lost among you to the Christ who laid down His life to cleanse them of sins of the mind as well as the sins of the flesh. In Acts 20:35 it says, “In everything we ought to assist the weak, being mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, who said that it is more blessed to give than to receive.”

If we are willing to give of ourselves, of our time, of our substance, of our counsel, of our love—all of which He has entrusted to us—then we shall not feel we have given up anything, for nothing is ours! We shall realize that we are merely conduits of the blessings that He has entrusted to us. We shall keep love and truth and salvation and hope flowing from Him through us to the lost who are perishing around us. We will rejoice not only that Jesus delivered us from sin but that He made us messengers of His deliverance to those who need to hear.