October 15

Why is it that some of the people to whom we’ve witnessed, before whom we’ve endeavored to live out the ‘epistle’ of our lives which the Word says is read by those with whom we interact (see II Corinthians 3:2) fail to apprehend the veracity of our testimony about our precious Savior?

Why is it that the power of our prayers sometimes seems to fall short of the mark? We yearn to be like Jesus. We want His name to be glorified in us and through us, but our impact upon the world around us seems quite limited at best and totally insignificant at worst. What is wrong with us?

We know that Jesus cannot fail; that His Word cannot lie, but the impact that it has through our efforts could not fill a page of scripture if the Bible were still in the process of being written today. We may not be a Paul or even a lesser apostle, but we are admonished to do great things for the Kingdom and we don’t seem to be accomplishing much. What can we do to have an impact for the Kingdom of Christ in our little sphere of influence? I Timothy 1:14 offers a clue.

In Paul’s epistle to his spiritual son he says, “The grace of our Lord flowed in abundant measure for me, by the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” The Lord uses our shortfall to heighten our surrender! When we yield ourselves to Him more fully as Paul did, He is empowered to show Himself beyond measure through our faith—and HE will receive all glory through our endeavors—glory He’ll not share with another!