Philemon
1:6
I pray that you may be active in sharing your
faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have
in Christ.
It
seems that one thing after another has taken place over the past two months
which has caused me to forfeit my time to contribute to this blog. This blog is
just one of many ways in which I am offered the opportunity to share my faith
with those who are hurt, hungry, discouraged and hopeless, and who choose to
search the internet looking for an answer to their problems. I understand that
many people may be turned off by another blog “cramming the Bible down their
throat” but I also understand that for every one person that may be turned off
or offended, there are many others that are at the end of their rope, and this
blog may be the very thing that encourages them to hang on one more moment,
while God sweeps into their life and transforms their very existence. In other
words, I believe God can use words on a page to help influence someone’s life,
especially if those words are HIS WORDS and come straight from his book, the
Bible.
The events of the past few months, in one way
or another have caused me to lose my voice. Not literally, but in a spiritual
sense. God placed a call on my life, from the moment of conception, to speak
and share the Good News of his gospel, which is the free gift of his salvation.
All of us, as fellow Christians, have that same call on our life. When we
understand and comprehend the fact that our lives have been spared from the judgment
we deserved because of our Savior, Jesus Christ and the price that he paid for
us, on the cross, we can’t help but share that Good News with everyone we come
in contact with. It’s our VOICE. Christ gave it to us, in hopes that we would
use it.
Unfortunately, many things can quiet or even
halt our voice; fear, doubt, unbelief, stress, turmoil, sickness, anger,
unforgiveness, discouragement, and distractions. With that being said, I have
allowed some situations in my own life to quiet and almost halt my voice. The
verse above tells us that if we are not actively sharing our faith, we cannot
continue to understand the good things we have in Christ. We become so
entangled in our own self-pity, and self-absorption, that we are unable to give
out to those around us, so that, in turn, we can’t receive back from the Lord.
Our perspective takes a complete nose-dive, right into the depths of our self-centered
soul. It’s right where the enemy wants us to live; defeated, discouraged and
voiceless.
I
awoke this morning with a new resolve……a resolve to regain my voice. I choose
this day to take back what the enemy has attempted to steal. Jesus Christ gave
me my voice, and I will use it from this point forward, regardless of the
circumstances going on around me, regardless of my feelings and emotions, and regardless
of what others may say about me. It is in using my voice that I become aware of
who Jesus Christ is, but it also makes me aware of who I am, through him, and
with that combination, the future looks bright and clear.
Today
is a new day………..and I’ve got my voice back!
Merry CHRISTmas!!
Have
you ever felt like you lost your voice? What’s holding you back from sharing
the love of Christ with others? Make a list of those things, and then run that
list through a shredder, as you make a new covenant with the Lord to regain
YOUR VOICE!
Have a great day!
