If one day walking along the beach you found a message in a bottle, what would you hope that message said? Better asked, if you could write a message and then stick it in a bottle and threw that into the sea, what would your message say? I hope in our Christian walk, we don't stumble with our answers. This passage is one of encouragement to a young preacher about what he should be doing and what he should be sharing. We should be confident and bold about our faith in Jesus Christ. It won't always be easy, but it will always be necessary. Our task is to move forward with our faith-sharing, knowing that God will not disappoint us. God called us! And if God called us, God will supply all, I repeat, all we need! The message we have and we should share should get plainer each and every day: Jesus is our Savior, through Jesus, death is defeated, our lives have been made whole and worthy, and all through the work of Jesus, our Savior. This is the Message, the Good News, which we seek to proclaim to all.
Get busy! PRAYER: Loving God, thank You for the wonderful news. In a world that hears more than its share of bad news, help us to boldly and loudly proclaim that which You have shared with us; that in Jesus we have salvation, taken from the jaws of death and destruction to a life that is abundant. Through Jesus we have seen death defeated, and through Jesus our lives mean something and we should live in a way that says that to all. I pray this in Jesus' precious and powerful name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
Eradio Valverde
