I love this portion of today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers:
Have A Message And Be One
Preach the word. — 2 Timothy 4:2
We are not saved to be “channels only,” but to be sons and daughters of God. We are not turned into spiritual mediums, but into spiritual messengers; the message must be part of ourselves. The Son of God was His own message, His words were spirit and life;
I even love the title here: HAVE a message and BE one! We who have been born again are not only members of God's family (Ephesians 2:19), heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus (Romans 8:17), members of His body (Ephesians 5:30) and Blood Covenant partners with Him (Hebrews 8:6), BUT, we are also "living Epistles"! Look at 2 Corinthians 3:1-3:
3 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? 2 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.
Our lives should be shouting the TRUTH of the Word of God, the love of God, the grace of God, the glory of God, the provision and protection of God and everything else that is laid out in His Word of us to have and to be! Our lives ARE speaking! The question is: what is MY life SAYING to those who are listening? Give your greatest attention to your Relationship/Fellowship with HIM. Make sure that the God of the Bible is your #1 priority and everything and everyone else in your life will fall right into their proper place! AMEN! Be the Light that shines with the glory found in His presence! Let your intimate fellowship with HIM so affect your innermost being that His presence overflows and SHOWS that "you have been with JESUS"! AMEN! There is NO greater calling that we have than the calling to show, tell, sing and shout HIS fame! Here is Hillsong with "Shout Your Fame":
Shalom in Him!
