LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU
"Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God’s living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it." 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 (MSG)
“..You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven" - Matthew 5:14-16 (MSG)
Few days ago, while ministering, our guest minister - the wife of a Senior Pastor in the Mission sang a very wonderful song that stirred up a burning sensation in my spirit. The song is titled "- Let others see Jesus in you". It is an old Christian hymn that was composed by Baylus B. Mckinney in 1924. When the service ended, I kept on singing the hymn and the Lord led me to read the above Bible passages and the story below:
"A group of salesmen who traveled for a regional sales convention had assured their wives that they would be home for dinner on a particular Friday. However, the convention lasted longer than anticipated and they had to race to the airport. With tickets in hand, they barged through the terminal to catch their flight back home. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table, which held a display of baskets of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding, all but one. He paused, took a deep breath and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his colleagues to go on without him and that he will take a later flight home. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the floor. He was glad he did. The girl at the apple stand was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled apples as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping or to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them into the baskets, and helped set the display up once more. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, “Here, please take this cash for the damage we did. Are you okay?” She nodded through her tears. As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, “Mister….” He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, “Are you Jesus?” He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: “Are you Jesus?”
Beloved, what sermon is your life preaching everyday? Is your life pointing people to God or sending them away from Him? Can someone see Jesus in you? Do people mistake you for Jesus? Yes, God expects us to be so much like Jesus that people will find it so difficult to tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace. According to 1 John 2:6, If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It’s actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
I urge you to please join me this morning to make the wordings of this powerful hymn below our prayer focus and action points this week and beyond.
LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU
While passing thro' this world of sin,
and others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Refrain:
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Your life's a book before their eyes,
They're reading it thro' and thro'
Say, does it point them to the skis,
Do others see Jesus in you?
Then live for Christ both day and night,
Be faithful, be brave and true,
and lead the lost to life and Christ.
Let others see Jesus in you.
May I also use this opportunity to invite you to the October 2017 Holy Ghost service of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God. Theme: Agent of Transformation. Date: Friday, October 6, 2017. Time: 6 pm. Venue: Redemption Camp, Nigeria. Ministering: Our beloved Daddy, Pastor E.A Adeboye.
I wish you a blessed week and a glorious month, full of the manifold wonders of His Double Grace.
Happy new month. Good morning and God bless you IJN.
Maranatha!
Bro Okanlawon Taiwo
For more articles please visit - http://okanlawontaiwo.blogspot.com
Follow on Twitter: @tammytaiwo
Follow on instagram: @lawontaiwo
"Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God’s living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it." 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 (MSG)
“..You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven" - Matthew 5:14-16 (MSG)
Few days ago, while ministering, our guest minister - the wife of a Senior Pastor in the Mission sang a very wonderful song that stirred up a burning sensation in my spirit. The song is titled "- Let others see Jesus in you". It is an old Christian hymn that was composed by Baylus B. Mckinney in 1924. When the service ended, I kept on singing the hymn and the Lord led me to read the above Bible passages and the story below:
"A group of salesmen who traveled for a regional sales convention had assured their wives that they would be home for dinner on a particular Friday. However, the convention lasted longer than anticipated and they had to race to the airport. With tickets in hand, they barged through the terminal to catch their flight back home. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table, which held a display of baskets of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding, all but one. He paused, took a deep breath and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his colleagues to go on without him and that he will take a later flight home. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the floor. He was glad he did. The girl at the apple stand was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled apples as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping or to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them into the baskets, and helped set the display up once more. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, “Here, please take this cash for the damage we did. Are you okay?” She nodded through her tears. As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, “Mister….” He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, “Are you Jesus?” He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: “Are you Jesus?”
Beloved, what sermon is your life preaching everyday? Is your life pointing people to God or sending them away from Him? Can someone see Jesus in you? Do people mistake you for Jesus? Yes, God expects us to be so much like Jesus that people will find it so difficult to tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace. According to 1 John 2:6, If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It’s actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
I urge you to please join me this morning to make the wordings of this powerful hymn below our prayer focus and action points this week and beyond.
LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU
While passing thro' this world of sin,
and others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Refrain:
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Your life's a book before their eyes,
They're reading it thro' and thro'
Say, does it point them to the skis,
Do others see Jesus in you?
Then live for Christ both day and night,
Be faithful, be brave and true,
and lead the lost to life and Christ.
Let others see Jesus in you.
May I also use this opportunity to invite you to the October 2017 Holy Ghost service of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God. Theme: Agent of Transformation. Date: Friday, October 6, 2017. Time: 6 pm. Venue: Redemption Camp, Nigeria. Ministering: Our beloved Daddy, Pastor E.A Adeboye.
I wish you a blessed week and a glorious month, full of the manifold wonders of His Double Grace.
Happy new month. Good morning and God bless you IJN.
Maranatha!
Bro Okanlawon Taiwo
For more articles please visit - http://okanlawontaiwo.blogspot.com
Follow on Twitter: @tammytaiwo
Follow on instagram: @lawontaiwo
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