Shalom,

Today I want to share a portion of Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost For His Highest" devotional.

The Right Kind of Help

And I, if I am lifted up…will draw all peoples to Myself. —John 12:32

Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ died. If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not “a little bit of love,” but major surgery.

When you find yourself face to face with a person who is spiritually lost, remind yourself of Jesus Christ on the cross. If that person can get to God in any other way, then the Cross of Christ is unnecessary. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way— not in a human way that ignores God. The theme of the world’s religion today is to serve in a pleasant, non-confrontational manner.

But our only priority must be to present Jesus Christ crucified— to lift Him up all the time (see 1 Corinthians 2:2). Every belief that is not firmly rooted in the Cross of Christ will lead people astray. If the worker himself believes in Jesus Christ and is trusting in the reality of redemption, his words will be compelling to others. What is extremely important is for the worker’s simple relationship with Jesus Christ to be strong and growing. His usefulness to God depends on that, and that alone.

AMEN! We are NOT sent here to be nice and polite to people! We are sent here to be READY to answer when we are asked about the HOPE that is in us! That means that we must be maintaining a close, intimate fellowship with HIM by Holy Spirit within us! When we do that we will be able to be joyful and hopeful in trying times, walking in peace and freedom while the world around us is giving in to evil and chaos! But we are NEVER to compromise the Word of the Living God! People do not need nice sounding words. They NEED a SAVIOUR! Keep representing JESUS ins the same way that JESUS represented the Father during HIS ministry! That allows GOD to work THROUGH us to get the TRUTH to those who are searching for TRUTH! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "No Reason To Hide":

Shalom in Him!