Monday, February 14, 2011
2 Corinthians 5:18-21 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
WHAT GOD PLEASES IN YOU!
There was a time about ten years ago, when I suddenly found myself facing an opportunity. I found myself in a situation where I had the opportunity to speak about Christ, but what was I going to say? Anything I could think of seemed inadequate to me to convince this man about the truth of the Gospel. Certainly not an uncommon situation. Many of us I would think have faced a situation where we think of saying something, but what? What can I say? How can I convince this person?
There is a story I tell often, but it is such a wonderful demonstration of the Lord's power at work. There was a man in Nepal. His name was J B Bhitrokoti. He was a Hindu. But one day as he was walking along the road he found in the gutter a pamphlet about Christ. He read, searched out a nearby congregation, became a Christian, become a pastor, and now works hard all over Nepal to spread the Gospel and teach men and even pastors about Christ.
If God did all this through a pamphlet, torn and dirty, lying in the gutter, I think He can accomplish much through even you as well. Because like that pamphlet, the work of evangelism is NOT about what I say, or who I am. It is about who God is and what HE pleases to do in and through us.
