Wednesday, April 27, 2011

                                                               “BUSTING OUT”

           Do you remember the day someone introduced you to Jesus and shared that He was the perfect sacrifice that allowed you to have a personal relationship with Almighty God?   I hope so.  That was the day your Christian life began.  It was the day you received the free gift of salvation, but did you know that was the best, greatest, last free gift you would receive from God?   Every minute we are given thereafter is our gift back to God.

            In Luke 22: 19-21 (and other places in the Gospels) we find Jesus having communion with the disciples.  In verse 20, He said, “This is the new covenant between God and his people –an agreement confirmed by my blood and poured out as a sacrifice for you.”   After I have received the cup from Christ and accepted the agreement He made on my behalf, what other appropriate response should I give than to bust a hole through the bottom of my cup and make myself a conduit through which Christ’s life  and power can overflow to the world?

            Samuel Chadwick put it this way, “ Spirit filled souls are ablaze for God.  They love with love that glows.  They serve with faith that kindles.  They serve with a devotion that consumes.  They hate sin with fierceness that burns.  They rejoice with a joy that radiates.  Love is perfected in the fire of God.” - BUST OUT & BURN BRIGHT!

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