Forever Alive and Vibrant

July 14

We relegate the familiar to an area of insignificance. We take much of life’s good things for granted. Not just the fact that we live in the most advanced technological age that’s ever existed—an incalculable number of conveniences are at our fingertips—and that we are wealthy beyond the dreams of a people of a by-gone age, but more importantly that our sins are washed away and Jesus has cloaked us with His righteousness!

Yes, even that precious, ‘unspeakable GIFT’ (II Corinthians 9:15), we tend to take for granted. How many of us go through an entire day, an entire week—even while at church!—without considering the magnitude of what He’s saved us from? How many of us bother to reflect upon the priceless treasure He has availed to us? How many of us ever share the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ with another lost soul?

Unfortunately, not many of us are involved at all in evangelizing those around us, let alone going into a mission field. Our communities are becoming populated by people from differing cultural and religious backgrounds. To how many of them have we reached out with the salvation message? Oh, we don’t want to offend them—will that excuse ‘hold water’ when we use it to explain our silence before His Throne?

We need to proclaim the message that is of more significance than any other that has ever been uttered! We need to boldly declare as did Peter before the throng that gathered on the Day of Pentecost, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” Acts 2:38. The good news is forever alive and vibrant! Share it daily!