Wednesday... This is such a good thing to do. It really is!

We have a part in making a difference in people's lives. We really do.

The writer of Psalm 67:1-2 (NLT) says, "May God be merciful and bless us. May his face shine with favor on us. May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere." And that is so important. You see, we as Christ's followers are His examples of what He can do and has done in people's lives. The Message says, "God mark us with blessing and grace." And the world needs that to be shown by us especially to those who have wandered off.

James in the NT talks about this. In 5:19-20 he says, "My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God." And we are in such an epidemic as that. And we have been a part of that problem but we can also be a part of the solution.

Yes we have been in an epidemic of major proportions physically and we as Christians have not been at our best and many have wondered off. God has been merciful and blessed us but we have not done the same to those who have disagreed with us and many of those have thus wandered off from God's truth. But God has called us to do our part in rescuing these precious lives from destruction.

The New Living Translation says in verse 20, "you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins."

Yes, it has been very important for us to do all we can in this Covid epidemic but we also need to fall before God and ask Him to use us in this epidemic of those wandering away from God.

Yes, God has been merciful to us and has blessed us and we are to do the same to those who are around us.

Now during this time of celebrating the greatest gift ever given it is a great time to pray Psalm 67:1-2 (MSG), "God, mark us with grace and blessing! Smile! The whole country will see how you work, all the godless nations will see how you save." Especially those who have wandered away from God's truth.

And this is such a good thing to do. It really is! So let's show what a difference God's gift has made in our lives by reaching out in grace and blessing to those we know who have wandered off from God's truth. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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