LOOK UNDER YOUR FEET
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2 Timothy 4:4 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear… 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
George Washington Carver: “When I was young, I said to God, God, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that knowledge is for me alone. So I said, God, tell me the mystery of the peanut. Then God said, well, George, that’s more nearly your size.”
How will YOU change your world? Sometimes, like Mr. Carver, we spend too much time staring at the stars when we ought to be looking underneath our very own feet?
Our task, our charge, in this present time of ‘itching ears’ is to recognize our call and prepare our selves for eternal purposes. If we heed the advice, stay true to the Cause, keep our ‘hand to the plow’… good things will happen.
The Apostle Paul was about the die. He knew it. So did his apprentice and friend, Timothy. The baton was about to be passed. But not without instructions to Timothy. Paul’s main advice to Timothy: Preach the Word. That may seem like one preacher to another, but it was a word for us all. Please don’t misunderstand what I am about to say but… he world does not need any more preachers, if by preachers we mean clergy who show up on Sunday, share a 30 minute speech, shake a few hands and gracefully exit the building (hopefully before noon).
Look around you. The world is changing. And not in a good way. Yet the opportunity to ‘do the work of an evangelist’ has never been greater. You just need to look around a little. Quit waiting for the perfect ‘opportunity’ to share. It won’t come! God has placed a ’peanut’ in your path— a peanut that could change the world— but you just haven’t been looking. So what is your ‘peanut’? A person, a career, a plan, a vision, an outreach. Don’t give up!. Let God direct you eyes!
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