Perfection — it is a concept that is really hard for me to wrap my mind around. To think that someone could be perfect is impossible to me because I know that I am not, nor will I ever be.
The awesome thing about being a Christian is that we serve a perfect God and He wants to use imperfect people to carry out His perfect plan. But He has not called on us to be perfect.
A lot of Christians think that God cannot use us to preach the gospel — to be lights in the darkness, salt in the earth or serve Him unless we have attained some status of perfection or something like that. This is not true. If you are a Christian, God can use you right now, no matter where you are in life.
I understand that all of us have weaknesses and things that we need to work on, but God will use you to reach people no matter where you are in your walk with Him.
Many times we think that we have to know all the answers to everyone’s questions before we can start talking to others about Christ and the gift that He gave all of us — salvation.
This isn’t really true because if you have experienced receiving salvation and continue to walk with Jesus, then you are a prime candidate to be able to make a difference for Jesus.
What I mean by making a difference is being an instrument that God can use to show this world the love of Christ and what He did for it.
Most times, all God is asking us to do is open our mouths and act like the people He has called us to be. This can be difficult, but the more we do, the more we learn how to share our faith and to live a Christian life.
Jesus told us to go preach and to tell the whole world the good news of the Gospel and what Jesus did for every human being.
In my experiences of life I have learned that usually when I am talking to others about Christ they will bring up questions that I don’t know the answers to, so this challenges me to seek God for the answers.
The place to which I turn is God and the Bible, but also to other Christians whom I trust and know that also seek God. It helps me to become even more familiar with the Bible and in turn my relationship with God gets even tighter.
Being challenged in your faith is a good thing, because if your faith in Christ is real it will stand up to any challenges and questions that people bring up. It is a good thing to have questions put to you that you cannot answer right away because you will grow deeper in your relationship with Jesus.
All of us need to make sure that we take the time out of our daily lives to study the Bible and pray. When we do this it gives us the ability and the strength to walk the Christian life daily in the world.
When we read the Bible daily and pray, God also reveals to us the sins and things in our lives we need to change. God’s word is a purifier to our hearts and minds. It is sharper than any two-edged sword and the Bible divides what is truth in our lives and what is just smoke and mirrors.
All of us love to hear about God’s grace, which is awesome but it is a hard pill to swallow when Jesus tells us to love our enemies as ourselves. This is deep because I know that I can love myself pretty good, as we all can, and God calls for us to love our enemies just like we would love ourselves. That is pretty tough and something that I am still working on.
God is calling all Christians to be a light in the darkness and we can do this in many different ways. At the very least share with people how you came to know Jesus as your savior and how you are continuing to grow with Him.
Being on a college campus that has so many different religions and people of different beliefs, we are in a prime situation to learn how to share our faith and to show people the love of Christ.
God is not looking for perfection but willing hearts to be obedient to Him, to carry out His plans on this earth. I encourage you to be one of those willing hearts that passionately seek Jesus and serve Him with all your heart.
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