The Privilege

February 1

How would you feel if you were afforded the opportunity to undertake a task in the behalf of an individual of great renown? Perhaps, for example, a movie star such as Angelina Jolie heard about your wonderful rapport with children and she asked if you would be the nanny to her significant brood.

Or perhaps the president has heard about your culinary prowess and he delegates one of his emissaries to contact you about joining the White House kitchen staff. Heady stuff. Most of us don’t entertain such notions except in our wildest imagination.

Yet, Philippians 1:29 states that we have been given the privilege of doing something in the behalf of Jesus Christ! Movie stars and rock stars and sports heroes and government dignitaries pale in comparison to the Lord—and though they haven’t heard our names, He has designated us to represent Him!

We may decline to do so, however, for in the scripture noted it says that we have been given the privilege in Christ’s behalf to “…believe in Him and to suffer for Him.” At this point, we might say, ‘thanks, but no thanks,’—or will we claim our privilege to die to ourselves and live for the purpose of sharing Him with others?