Hebrews 12:1-3New Life Version (NLV)
12 All these many people who have had faith in God are around us like a cloud. Let us put every thing out of our lives that keeps us from doing what we should. Let us keep running in the race that God has planned for us. 2 Let us keep looking to Jesus. Our faith comes from Him and He is the One Who makes it perfect. He did not give up when He had to suffer shame and die on a cross. He knew of the joy that would be His later. Now He is sitting at the right side of God.
3 Sinful men spoke words of hate against Christ. He was willing to take such shame from sinners. Think of this so you will not get tired and give up.
Life is a mission field. You don’t have to go to another country to do mission work, you are doing mission work daily by just getting up and living life. God can work with anything and anyone. You don’t have to be fluent in your words, have a doctrine, or even educated at all. God put us here to be His reflection unto others regardless of our professions. So what stops us from spreading His love? Our worst enemy…ourselves. We become weak in a split second and start thinking. Thinking that the lady at the corner asking for money is not truly needing assistance. Thinking of what others will think if we do the action He has called us to do. Thinking of what our ‘wants’ are instead of sacrificing for Him.
At a women’s conference this weekend, I heard something that really resonated with me. God put us here to make an impact NOT an impression. Once we are gone, did we leave an impact on others. Do those that we impact, want to go out and continue on with our legacy of doing for others, being more for others? If we just made an impression, it will fade quickly. Who has made an impact on your life? Who have been your mentors and teachers been in your life? Reach out to them and let them know that you were impacted by them. What are you doing to make an impact? Don’t just go out and do something to do it, pray first. Ask God to guide you actions. We can’t change the world, but we can make a difference one person at a time. We can call out the world that seems dead and call them to rise.
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