I am being mentored by the Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Dr. Rev. Dennis Ashley.
Pastor Ashley is the one who recommended that I start a blog and I did.
I must say I very humbled at the response that my blog posts have received and I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you to all of you who are reading my blog.
I hope that the Lord will bless you as you read the blog entries.
I also have a full time job at a Grocery store in the town where I live.
I work mostly in the produce department.
Today I was filling up the tomatoes just like any other day when a man came up to me and started talking.
I know this man, but I am not totally sure he knows who I am.
He was talking about how the United States needs to turn to back to the Lord.
I told him I agreed with him.
He told me he loved talking about God's Word to people, but most people he encountered weren't interested in hearing about it. We are talking people who attend Church.
We had a nice chat about the Lord and the Bible. My favorite subjects.
I could feel the Lord's presence as we spoke. The conversation probably only lasted for 5 minutes.
After pondering our conversation tonight a section of Scripture came to mind.
2 Timothy 4:1-5
"In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus,
who will judge the living and the dead,
and in view of His appearing and His kingdom,
I give you this charge:
Preach the Word;
be prepared in season and out of season;
correct, rebuke and encourage-
with great patience and careful instruction.
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires,
they will gather around them a great number of teachers
to say what their itching ears want to hear.
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside
to myths.
But you, keep your head in all situations,
endure hardship,
do the work of an evangelist,
discharge all the duties of your ministry."
These are the instructions that the Apostle Paul wrote to young Timothy who was a fellow Minister in Christ Jesus.
He tells Timothy to Preach the Word.
In order to preach the Word we have to read and study the Word.
If we are believers in Jesus Christ shouldn't we be reading His Word to see what He has to say to us and that we can learn more about Him.
You may say, but Michael I am not a Pastor.
I can't preach the Word.
Maybe you will never stand up in front of people and deliver a sermon.
I tell you the truth the way you are living is preaching to the people around you.
If you are faithful to the Lord and His Word, people will notice.
The same is true if you don't read the Word and you are not faithful to the Lord, people around you will notice.
That is no to say we are to be perfect because no one is.
We as followers of Christ should walk by the Spirit and be faithful to the Lord Jesus and read His Word.
We eat three meals a day. I never miss a meal.
I read the Bible everyday. I try to read it as much as I can. I have come the point where I need to hear from God through His Word everyday.
When that man came up to me in the Grocery store and started talking about the Bible the words flowed smoothly. The Holy Spirit reminded me of the things I read in the Word.
If I never read the Bible, would I have had anything to say to the man.
How would have that looked to him?
That would have been a missed opportunity to bless someone with God's Word.
We need to be faithful servants of the Lord and read His Word and tell others about it.
The Holy Spirit will help us. We can't do it all on our own, but we should know His Word.
What are you preaching to people with your life?
Are you showing them the love of Jesus and trying to get them to know Him?
I hope you are and that you do.
Let's continue to draw near to the Lord Jesus in these dark times and read and study the Bible.
Ask Him to speak to you though His Holy Word.
Lord,
Thank You for Your Word, the Bible.
Help us to read more and study.
Help us to hear from You.
We need You Lord.
Help us to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Give us the words to say to others O Lord
Help us be gentle and loving as we speak to others.
In Jesus name,
Amen.
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