People Have Needs!
Look for people with needs, then point them to Christ to meet their needs.
Whenever God is slow to answer our prayers, WHAT we believe about God is revealed!
Mark 10:49-52
Nowhere in the Bible can you find where Jesus ignored someone that was desperate. On the cross the one beside Jesus reached out in desperation.
…. “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.”…another version says “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” Mark 10:49
Do you recall the circumstances when God first called you into relationship with Him?
*Were you in NEED of something?
*Were you in a crisis situation?
***Every day God calls someone into relationship with Him through different circumstances.
*** More often than not, the circumstances relate to a NEED in their life that only God can meet.
Each day, we rub shoulders with someone who has not met this Jesus we know personally.
* God uses Needs to draw us to Himself.
What NEED has He placed in someone you know that only Christ can meet?
Perhaps you are the instrument He wants to use to introduce that person to Himself.
*It requires availability and a willingness to look for people with needs, then point them to Christ to meet their needs.
*Pray for divine appointments today.
You and I have an influence, either for good or for bad. No matter who you are, you occupy a place of influence.
” For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.” (Romans 14:7).
**** My friend, I see this Life– as ALL of us are preachers. You are preaching to those around you by the life that you live….!!!!
You may be influencing a wide circle of human society. You may have influence in your neighborhood and in your community. You have influence in your family, small groups, your work. ***Somebody is looking at you and watching to see whether or not you mean business with God.
Does your going to church mean anything more to you than going to a drive-in to pick up a hamburger? Does your life suggest that there is a heaven to gain and a hell to shun? You have influence.
“One sinner destroyeth much good.”
Think about it–You see, we have absolute access to the very presence of the living God—and also for him to come to us!
“Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way . . . let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith” (Hebrews 10:19-22).
Nothing thrills the heart of God more than when his children come to him in
boldness, without timidity! He wants us to come, saying, “I have a right to
be here. And even if my heart condemns me, God is greater than my heart! (see 1John 3:20).
Whenever God is slow to answer our prayers, WHAT we believe about God is revealed!!!!
* Do we change our plans and move in a different direction when pressure mounts?
*Or do we continue on the path God has directed for us?
If God has called you, then you can be sure He will make a way. He has already opened the way before you.
But you must walk in faith, joined with Him to take the land.
*”…Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). Thank You Jesus for this comfort–now help us now comfort others in NEED-as we have received from You! In Jesus Name. Amen