Today's Passage: 1 Kings 17-18
Have you ever just stopped what you are doing and reflected upon your life? Sometimes for me this can be intentional reflection or possibly something I just stumbled on to. As a Christian, one of the first things I ask myself is, "Am I following God with all my heart?" I follow that question with, "Do my actions reflect the love of Christ throughout my daily life?" I desire to answer yes to both of these questions, and I am assuming that most reading this feel the same way.
Because of his actions, the widow said concerning Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God... (17:24)" Every believer is a living representation of the gospel. How well then do we represent the gospel? Do we show the power, peace, joy, and love of the gospel each day? I think many of us desire this lifestyle, but we often seem to get derailed from this goal.
This generally happens as a large amount of focus is placed on myself, rather than focusing on heavenly things (using the apostle Paul's language). We have the opportunity to wake up every morning and praise God for His majesty. We should do this with specific prayers of confession that are accompanied by intercession for others. We should intentionally seek to show love to others that we come into contact with on a daily basis. Finally, we should make ourselves available to God by being willing to share the gospel at any time. Although I am an imperfect person, hopefully at the conclusion of each day people can say, "Now we know Ethan is a man of God."
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