With all the text messaging we do, we can officially declare ourselves \u201cmessengers\u201d! We\u2019ve got it down well \u2013 just a quick message to announce: \u201cOn my way home!\u201d \u201cRunning late \u2013 home by 6!\u201d \u201cThx for the info!\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s for dinner?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, today, I\u2019m referring to being \u201clife\u201d messengers because we ARE the message! Check out this scripture:
\u201cAnd because of you, the Lord’s message has spread everywhere in those regions. Now the news of your faith in God is known all over the world, and we don’t have to say a thing about it.\u201d
(1 Thessalonians 1:8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Apostle Paul is praising the Thessalonica church because they spread the Good News! And guess what! We are that \u201cchurch\u201d, too! God put us on the earth to be “Good News” spreaders, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He wants to say something to the rest of the world through you and me. Just into this new year by a little over a month, it is the perfect time to think about what our life message is and then determine to share it with the people around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember singing \u201cThis little light of mine. I\u2019m gonna\u2019 let it shine!\u201d Shining our lights is being God\u2019s messengers. Letting the news of our faith in God be that light. And, sometimes we don\u2019t even have to say anything \u2013 because we are the message God uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any time we say, \u201cThis is what God is doing in my life,\u201d we\u2019re giving our life message. When we say, \u201cI was praying about this, and here\u2019s what happened,\u201d we\u2019ve given a life message. If we say, \u201cI\u2019ve had this problem, but God is helping me,\u201d we are sharing our life message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our unique life message is used by God to spread the Good News. No one else can share our unique life message. God wants to use you and me, specifically. Why? Because the best messages are personal messages. The most powerful messages come through people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When God wanted to share His message of love, He didn\u2019t text it. He came in person. The Word became flesh. Jesus came to earth to show us \u201cthe message\u201d. He is the message of love, joy, peace, grace, mercy. And, don\u2019t we desire to be just like Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God wants to share “the message” to the world. And He wants to share it through you and me. I am a messenger through my daily blogs, serving at the family center, to someone in a store or place of business (like our hair salon). Jesus said to His disciples \u201cGo into all the world and preach the good news!\u201d He intended those words for you and me, too! \u201cGO TELL!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All it takes in sharing our life message is to tell OUR stories. Oh, yes, we have stories of God\u2019s mercy and grace; of once so sick, but now well; of a broken marriage that was restored; of being childless and now a growing family. Sharing our life message could show others what God can do for them too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, yes, we are God’s messengers. Let’s talk about it and share the Good News!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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