What is it inside you that people want? If you are a water hose, and people want water, is that what they get when they turn on the spigot? If you are a light bulb, when they turn on the electrical switch, do they get light? Initially, we must show people we are containers of something. Then, when they get to know us, they also find Jesus.
You may be a businessperson, but you also are a professing Christian; you may be a professional athlete, but you are also a professing Christian; you are a housewife, but you are also a professing Christian. You are called to be a Cookie Jar, but you also share Jesus with those who sample your cookies!
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith” (Rom. 1:16, 17 CSB).
I’m going into the hospital Wednesday morning (Jan. 25th) for a second surgery on my foot, to remove any infection from the previous incision back in October. Healing seems to be avoiding me. Would appreciate your prayers. Thank you. [I chose to have surgery from an old injury and am hoping for good results].