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Qualified and Sent

On By vickleaIn Admonition, Scripture, YouVersion AppLeave a comment

The Messengers of Good News (YouVersion Daily Refresh 5-18-25)

Pause for a moment and reflect on your role as a bearer of the good news. Are you actively sharing the love of Christ with those around you? Are you seeking to be a living testimony of His grace?

You might read Paul’s call to “preach” in Romans 10:14 and think this call is reserved for a pastor, priest, or teacher. But our homes, workplaces, and communities can serve as pulpits of influence when we live surrendered to Him. In these seemingly ordinary spaces, we can share the love of Christ through a listening ear that brings peace to a troubled mind, a helping hand that lifts burdens, or a word of encouragement that rekindles hope. 

As a follower of Christ, you are qualified to share this hope and encourage others! What God desires is obedience and willingness to be a vessel of His Word. In the simplicity of everyday interactions, we become vessels of His love and messengers of the gospel.

As believers, we have an integral role in sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit equips you. God chooses and empowers you. And the seeds you sow, even the tiniest ones, have the power to take root and spread the message of salvation.

My Thoughts

As most of my regular blog readers know, I just returned from attending the graduations of three grandchildren. All finished their degrees and are ready for whatever is next in their lives. They are qualified to work in various fields, including mechanical engineering, computer science, math and psychology. What made them “qualified”? First of all, it was the hours that they spend studying and completing courses, with a lot of tests and challenges along the way. More importantly, it was their interest in and dedication to the field in which they are qualified.

All of us who call ourselves Christians are also qualified. We didn’t participate in a big ceremony with a lot of fanfare and “pomp and circumstance.” Rather, most of us were quietly called on the battlefield of life and it happened as soon as we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior. God planted a seed in us that grew and He wants us to plant those same seeds in others. As the emboldened print says, one does not have to stand in the pulpit to share the good news. You can share it anywhere with anyone who seems discouraged or needy. We just have to be listening for God’s gentle prodding to share. We are already qualified; God equips those He calls and He has called every believer to share the good news, the only news that can set people free from sin and on the road to eternity with Him. Choose someone, anyone, this week whom God has laid on your heart and call them, text them, send them a card. Do whatever you can to be an encourager to the downtrodden. I know it will sound hokey, but most days when I am going out to appointments, I pray that God will put someone in my path who needs a kind word of encouragement and perhaps with whom I can share a tidbit of testimony. He has been faithful each time to do so. People in waiting rooms, those coming in out of the rain, the mom who is overwhelmed with her job and the childcare that she is trying simultaneously to master. God will show you who; you just need to step out and say what the Lord inspires you to say. After all, you are already fully qualified.

Encourage Each Other

On By vickleaIn Quotation and Citations, Scripture2 Comments

The Holy Bible exhorts us to encourage each other in multiple verses. Here are a couple of them.

We can encourage each other that Christ has preceded us in death and is waiting for us in Heaven. So, we should be encouraging each other to keep on working for Him and His kingdom, to continue to stand for what is right in the face of rampant evil and to defend our faith when others mock or scoff at our beliefs.

No one except God Himself knows when Jesus is returning. But we do have the promise that He is, so we need to meet with other believers and encourage each other that Jesus’s return is a fact, not a myth as some would have us believe. It will happen! We may or may not live to see His return, but His return will occur in God’s time and that truth should encourage each of us and lead us to encourage others.

We aren’t just on this earth to form a little clique of believers, encouraging each other and separating ourselves from the ungodly until Jesus comes. We are in the world to serve others, just as Jesus did. Being kind and encouraging others should be a way of life, especially for the Christian. You may be the only “Jesus” that that other person ever sees, so show someone you care by taking the time to be present with them and be the one that they can talk to, hold on to and depend on. Encourage the unbelievers, too.