Saturday 26 Apr 2014

April 26: Psalm 55:16-19

Key Verse: Psalm 55:16
As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me.

Devotion:
How many times have you tried to tell friends or family about Christ and you see them switch off as soon as you mention His name? Or just about when you want to dig more into God’s Word or try and have a decent discussion about the Gospel, they change the subject. I’m sure we have all been there at some stage and we do tend to get a bit discouraged by things like that. But the things that we should be remembering is that God is the one who we all have to call on in order to be saved.

I know I was there at one stage in my life and I was the one telling people they had all got it wrong; but I am so glad that Christ opened up my heart and my know and see the truth. I had a lot of help from people along the way and I know that I have a lot of very special people that are around me nowadays so I can always look for encouragement from them, but the simple fact remains that we have to make our own decisions to either follow Christ or reject Him. What sort of an influence are you toward others when it comes to showing them just how much you gain out of knowing Christ?

Are you one that hides your knowledge of Christ from the rest of the world? Maybe just like Peter when he denied knowing and being with Jesus three times before the cockerel crowed in the morning. Or maybe you are someone who stands on street corners shouting about Christ. Or maybe you are somewhere in between where you know Christ and you tell others about Christ when you get a chance, but you don’t go and shout about it.

Christ wants us all to know Him so that we can call on Him to ask for forgiveness from our sins. If we are not willing to be examples to others or not willing to tell others about this Gospel that we now know, then how are they going to ever be encouraged to find out more and be able to ask Christ themselves? We have a duty, but I would hope that we have a desire more than a sense of duty to go and tell others about Christ. They need to know they can call on His name!

Points to Ponder:
Can you remember when you called on Christ?

Are you ready to tell someone else now?