Dear Reader,
I don’t want anything more than what anyone else
has, so it saddens me to see such great deprivation in my neighbor, in my peer,
in my kin. What’s lacking is the
presence of Christ.
We each have a heart that will either be filled or remain
unfilled by the presence of the Holy Spirit at the time we perish. As Christians, we are called to evangelize so
that unbelievers will become filled with the Spirit, leading to eternal life with
God in heaven. Not every man will be
saved, as Scripture indicates. So I wonder: Do unsaved people feel empty? Do they know that something (Someone) is
missing?
When I am in the Spirit, communing with my Father, I
am full. But in myself, I am incomplete.
I feel unfulfilled. This is not an indication that Christ does not
fill me, but rather a revelation that I am not enough. Christ
is enough. He is Christ in me, the hope
of glory (Colossians 1:27).
How can anyone outside of this hope and fulfillment
live? The answer is distraction. Satan uses it as a powerful tool of
persuasion for those who don’t yet know the Lord. Unbelievers live in a
constant state of ignorance about the spiritual battle that is continually won
against them. It’s hard to see our friends
and families turn to substances and ill-suited people as a means to satisfy the
longing they unknowingly have for Christ.
Our Christian duty is to plant the seed of truth,
that is, Jesus’ death and resurrection and His resulting Spirit which is to
dwell in us, guiding our actions toward that which will glorify God. Without this knowledge and without the care
of we who walk in Christ, and mostly, without the salvation that God grants
those who believe in His Son, there is no hope for an unbelieving soul.
It is painful to look at an unbeliever and know the
riches he misses out on every day when I wake up to the presence and fulfillment
of Christ each morning. So I pray that
the Lord will teach me how to represent Him on earth, so that others will long
for eternity. And that is also my prayer
for you: That God will give you the desire to plant that seed of truth.
In His name,
adguglielmo
Tuesday the 27th day of March:
ReplyDeleteA very good read oh Gallant Warrior. Write on in the Victory we have in Christ! Wake up your people Dear Lord.
Amen