Wednesday, September 26, 2012
1 Peter 2:9 But you are ... a royal priesthood.
THE MISSIONARY IN THE MIRROR
The Lord has given the task of proclaiming His Word to you personally. There's no priest to pass this off to. You are that priest. It is not up to your pastor to be the only one in the congregation to talk about life in the light. In fact, he has far fewer contacts than you do. I can't even count the number of times in my ministry that people would say, "Can you talk to so and so?" I was glad to do it, but you, yourself are equipped. You are a priest of God. You know the difference between darkness and light and how you got there. It's not complicated. It's why you are here. You have a purpose on this earth.
One might say that he is too young, another that he is too old. You don't see anything about age in passages regarding evangelism. You are not helpless. Even if the Lord took away your voice and your ability to communicate, you still can pray for others to come out of darkness into the light. As a priest of God you have that right, and even if you have your voice you can take the time to pray for God to help you and others proclaim His praises. You don't have to preach a sermon. You just have to say what you know. Tell your story. Live your story. The Lord puts people into your life day by day for this very purpose. You won't tell the wrong person about the greatness of God.
You're not the first and you won't be the last to have doubts about what is going on in your life -- who you are and what your purpose is. We're fighting enemies who would like to weaken or change our focus. You are one of God's people, elect, precious, put here on this earth to proclaim His praises. There's no need for an identity crisis. The Lord has solved that problem as well as all others.
