
#WordForTodayDevotional
Friday, February 16, 2024
WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED (6): LIVING OUT THE GOSPEL
Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, when they see your pure and reverent conduct.
I Peter 3:1B-2 (KJV)
Everyone of us has the privilege to live out the gospel in our day to day operations. With most people that are close to you, lifestyle evangelism is normally the most effective. It is normally a contradiction when you see one that is vocal about the gospel but whose lifestyle is directly the opposite. There is nothing that turns off children than to see parents that proclaim the gospel in words but their lifestyle at home is opposite the gospel. This is the reason so many children from Christian homes turn away from the Lord as soon as they left home. You have parents that are Christians in the Church but devils at home. No matter what you tell children, what they see you doing is what they are going to imbibe. Lifestyle evangelism is so critical at home, office and with close associates. People that relate with you on a daily bases will be drawn to the Lord more with your lifestyle than with words. When you have shown HaMashiach-like character, it is easy to preach and be heard. So as a Christian, your lifestyle is critical to the success of the gospel in your sphere of contacts. Your colleagues are watching you. You cannot take bribe, lie and cheat and then turn around to preach to them about Yahushua. It is not possible to take such a person seriously. You will regard the person as a hypocrite. But when someone has challenged you with a solid life of integrity, and the person talks to you about Yahushua, you are quick to listen.
There is a quote “preach the gospel at all times and when (if, where) necessary, use words” usually attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. The truth is that St. Francis of Assisi never said those words. What came closest to that was in his Rule of 1221 on how Franciscans should practice their preaching: “No brother should preach contrary to the form and regulations of the holy Church nor unless he has been permitted by his minister … All the Friars … should preach by their deeds.” What we are saying today is that at all times that you live out your life, you are preaching the gospel whether you know it or not. You are either marketing or demarketing the gospel. Someone will either subscribe to or reject the gospel because of the way you are living. In our text, the wife, was encouraged to live in such a way that even if the husband does not obey the gospel, he will be won by observing the godly lifestyle of his wife.
Beloved, what kind of gospel are you preaching with your lifestyle in your office or business centre? As people encounter you on a daily basis, what impression is being made on their minds about the gospel, about the Lord Yahushua? We must live to preach the gospel. That is to say that the way we live, must be such that will help us explain the gospel more to those that are observing us. By all means you are involved in the spread of the gospel, the least way being lifestyle evangelism. Take responsibility to represent the gospel in all you do. We are saved to live for the glory of Yahweh and help others find their salvation too. Shalom!
REMEMBER: Everybody is involved in lifestyle evangelism. Do it well!
PRAYER: Sweet Heavenly Father, thank You for Your word to me today. I ask for grace to live to please You and to show the light of the glorious gospel to my family, friends, colleagues, and those I meet on a day to day basis in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!
PROPHETIC RELEASE: I declare that your life shall bring glory and help your family, friends and colleagues to find salvation in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!
FURTHER READING:
Acts 9:36-42
ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Exodus 25:1-26:37; Matthew 27:27-56
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