You Can Do It

A friend once asked me if I could get $10,000 in a lump sum or I could get 1 penny the first day then double it the second day, then double that the third day and so on for the month, which would I choose?  This sounded like a trick question so I said I would take the penny the first day option.  He told me that would be wise because over the period of a month, that comes to over $10 million.  In just 30 days, 1 penny becomes 10 million.  You see, if each person who knew the love of God took time to talk and share with one person, then encouraged them to do the same, imagine the impact!  We look to governments, to make a difference, but the truth is, we can! One person at a time.

A few weeks ago I had the privilege to share my heart and our story with a few groups of people.  Afterwards, I was approached by a precious gal with a huge heart.  She told me she just didn’t know enough about the bible to talk to people.  I asked her who it is that draws a man to repentance?  It’s the Spirit, right?  I explained to her, that she has the love of God in her and a story of what he has done in her life.  I said, just share that.  You see, we all have a story.  We all understand what God has done for us.  We don’t have to have all the answers, no one does.  People are desiring something that is real.  Your story is real.  You share it, and God takes care of the rest.  I encouraged her to just let God lead her and when she felt a pull toward someone, just ask if they need prayer for anything.  Its that simple.  Its amazing how many people open up.

Another woman came up to me and said she couldn’t pray for people in public because she just didn’t have the right words to pray.  I smiled at her and reminded her that it wasn’t what we said, its being willing to do it.  I shared with her a story about a lady we talked to in Walmart and she wanted prayer but asked us to come out to her car to do it.  We put our hand on her back and just commanded the pain to leave her back.  That was it, no wordy prayer.  The woman felt heat and her back was healed.  I told her of another time where we just prayed that God would reveal his love to a person.  They began to weep as God touched their hearts.

You see, you don’t need to take special class or go to special training. You don’t need to know everything about the bible or be able to rattle off scriptures.  The bible says that no man comes to the father unless he is drawn by the spirit.  When we enter into a relationship with God, it says His Spirit lives within us.  So all we do is become a vessel of Christ’s love to others.  We just have to be willing.  When we stop and open our lives up to another, we allow the Spirit to flow from us to another.  There is no need to have all the answers.  You will know what to say.

Do you recall the story of the demon possessed man in Mark 5? This man was in the tombs and pretty wild.  After Jesus delivered him, this man asked Jesus if he could follow him and Jesus tells him NO.  He tells him to go to his friends and tell them all the great things the Lord has done for him.  Do you see this?  Jesus didn’t need him to train or make sure he knew everything about Him first.  He didn’t need him to have all the right theology first.  Jesus told him to go and share his story!  That’s it!  That’s all we need to do.  We all have a story, maybe not as dramatic as the demon possessed man’s, but we all have a story.  And our stories are true.

I know there are many others with the same questions sitting in the pews of churches each week and I am hoping this post is an encouragement to everyone who has been seeking God and wants more.  As God moves through you into the lives of others, you begin to see why you were created.  And Pastors or other church leaders, begin to do this in your lives and share the stories with the people you have the blessing to speak to.  Lead by example and help the people in your church or people you come into contact with know that they too can do this, and should, because one life at a time will make a larger impact than the largest church meeting or conference.  By doing, growth comes.  People don’t need more classes, they just need to know that they can in everyday life.  Everyone needs to know they are already equipped with all they need, they have the Spirit who will teach and guide each of us.  So lets all do our part and begin to spread the true love of who Christ is and what he represented.  We have no earthly excuse to do otherwise.

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