Missions

Matthew 28:19 says to go into all the world and teach the nations. He did not say, "I call you to be a missionary." No He said it to everyone. I was reading on the new this morning that the death toll in China is about 3000, Haiti was in the hundreds of thousands. I can guarantee (that took 4 tries to spell correctly, Mrs. Morris) you that not everyone who died this past year was Christian. Why aren't we being effective, why are we sitting back, twiddling our thumbs thinking, "well maybe tomorrow..." James warns about boasting about tomorrow, as does Proverbs 27:1. The time is now not tomorrow. You don't know what could happen tonight or tomorrow. If you were to die tonight whose fault is it that your unsaved friends do not know about Christ. Maybe you are reading this and thinking, "well I don't have any unsaved friends." Ha! well it sounds like a good idea to go out and make some friends. A few months ago I didn't have any unsaved friends. Guess what I prayed and now I am now working with more unsaved people then I could count. Many of whom are now friends. James 2 states that faith without works is dead. If you claim that Christ changed your life you should be out there proving it.

Freeing captives and light

Has God done a miraculous work and freed you from something? Anything from addiction to depression? If you have seen God work and got you past a "mountain" that was hindering you from God and you have been set free, have you since worked to set other captives free. Whether we admit it or not we have all struggled with some kind of bondage or we are still struggling with bondage, but if we have been set free it only makes sense to go out and set others free by taking Christ to them.

To switch gears a little bit, I was reading in Matthew 5 right after the "blessed be's" (beatitudes) where Jesus talks about us being salt and light. It says that a city on a hill cannot be hidden. When we accept Christ we should be letting his light shine through us and others should see it. The term closet Christian should be an oxymoron. We should be willing to go up on a high hill and let our lights shine. In the words of that church song we all were forced to sing at some point, "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine."

Combine the two, let God work, and watch as "mountains are moved"

Freedom?

I need to know this is semi new for me. Has anyone else been quieted for saying something about Christ? At work I was having a jolly good time working the grill and talking with my coworkers which is fine as long as we stay busy. About two weeks ago I was conversing with my coworker who asked about some things in Christianity. I started talking and my boss told me to leave Christ out of McDonalds. I like to work lobby when I am tired because it requires little to no thought, but on a normal day I really don't mind the grill or fryer or whatever because I am something close to conscious. At first the thing with my manager didn't seem like much, but as of late I have discovered that I am working lobby almost everyday, while I dont mind much, I wonder if there is a reason behind it. After all only one person works lobby at a time and there is little to no chance to come in contact with my coworkers. Furthermore, I figured that Christ was not spoken of because it might 'offend' someone, but my coworkers can speak with freedom about drugs, alcohol, sex, and who they screwed over recently with language filthier than the bathrooms I had to clean. Of course when I say something they say either I am being intolerant or else attribute it solely to "religion".