The Gospel Reflected in Obedience
2 Corinthians 9:13 “Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.”
One of the greatest ways you can share God with other people is by the way you live your life. You can go to your eGroup every week, study the word, buy all the newest worship albums, use all the right Christians words or spend hours in your prayer closet, but if outside of your Christian bubble people cannot see you as a cheerful giver that serves in love, then you have missed the point.
Jesus was the ultimate giver. While he was on earth he gave more than he ever received. He served people in such a way that their hearts were moved to receive the good news he had to share with them.
Sure, I could tell you to go serve people well and throw in a scripture verse like 2 Corinthians 9:6 and say “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” Your mind might tell you to serve so you can reap a great harvest for yourself and again you will have missed the point.
However, it is when you serve and honor people in the most compassionate love you can pull from your spirit that people look twice. Not looking at you, but looking for that thing that provokes you to share such great love. They are looking for Jesus inside you.
Do not settle for just going through the motions of a Christian life. You will miss out on the incredible opportunity to experience God working through you.
LOVE Week is not about us. It is about coming together to serve others the way we would serve Jesus himself. Your obedience to his word will accompany your faith to show the world around you that the King of the Universe is the one that sustains your every breath. You won’t have to work hard to convince them, because they will know with experience. Truth is truth.
By Elizabeth Danko
