The Compelling Force

August 15

It is the longing of the heart of the people of God to share the truth they have received with others. It is the yearning of the man who loves Jesus to invest the whole of his energy in proclaiming the Word of God that transcends the trials and disappointments of life and death, and enables him to help others possess the life he enjoys.

The man who has seen Christ, who knows His heart, who has felt the great love that abides there, desires to be the lamp through whom the light of that amazing love might be shed upon the blind. He yearns to be the vessel through whom the Lord may be revealed to souls around him who can neither see His light nor feel His love.

The believer who basks in the wonder that is Jesus desires, like the Apostle in I John 1:3 to, “… proclaim what we have seen and heard so that you may also have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.”

That precious relationship that has become the only essential thing he has, is now the compelling force in the believer’s life. It is the desire of his heart to share the truth that has set him free from the bondage of sin and death with everyone he meets.