A challenge . . .
We are challenged by society to go to college, to make more money, to be successful, to 'love your self.'
I am challenging you to ask yourself one simple but profound question at the end of every day: Have I shared the light of Christ with someone, just one person, in any way, today? It doesn't have to be anything big, and certainly nothing flashy--God doesn't like a showboat. Did you lend a listening ear to a worried friend? Did you offer a shoulder to cry on? Did you give a small gift or donation to someone in need? Did you defend your reason for believing to a skeptic? Did you comfort, clothe, feed, offer a glass of water to anyone? Did you help an elderly lady carry her groceries to her car? Did you even mention Jesus Christ to a single soul?
Good works are a natural result of salvation. We show our love for God by obeying His commandments (John 14:15). We show our lack of love for God by not practicing the truth but walking in darkness (1 John 1:3-6).
It is a simple but vital challenge to which every Christian needs to submit. In a world that is steadily accepting everything as 'good' and all religions as being equal, we need to remind ourselves that there is only one God, and that His Word endures. He does not change. His Word does not change. It remains relevant and vital.
At the end of each day, challenge yourself with this question. Everything else, college, money, career, self-obsession, must be subjected to our service to Christ in this world.
