Last Sunday, January 1, I wasn't able to worship with you all due to having the stomach bug. But I am thankful for men like Justin Rutledge. I called Justin and told him my situation and he offered to speak. He told me it won’t be a very long sermon, but I know you guys weren’t going to be upset with him over that.
I will say, and I think you will agree with me that being sick is awful. But when you are sick, it sure is nice when others are present to help you out when you need something to drink, some medicine, a snack, or whatever.
As I was laying down the other day thinking about being sick, I thought how I can make a spiritual point out of being sick this past weekend for my devotional this coming Wednesday night. I thought that all of us have an illness that needs to be dealt with.
All of us can say like David did in Psalm 51:4, “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight…” All of us have sinned and we need The Great Physician’s care. All of us have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory or standard of living (Romans 3:23).
Because of our great need, God had a plan to send His Son to the earth to die on the cross for our sins. He has given us the help that we all truly need. John 3:16-17 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
I am so thankful for the salvation, forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and blessings of having Jesus in my life. He has been so good to us. I loved the old saying about God: God is good all the time and all the time God is good.
When we are sick with sin, we, as His children, turn to Him for help. Turn to Him for spiritual cleansing. When we first learned of why Jesus came to earth, we turned to Him in faith knowing He is the answer and cure for our sin problem.
We lean on Him, we rely on Him, and we turn to Him for every need in this life. He asks us to seek Him. Peter tells us, “Cast your cares upon Him for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). Sadly, there are so many who will never turn to God. There are so many who are lost in sin.
There are so many who do not know the love of God. There are so many who know nothing about Him. I challenge all of us to be bold and courageous enough to share Jesus with one soul this year. Focus on one person in our lives. Pray about it! And ask God to use us to bring that person to Him. I believe He will be there to help us.
The world is lost in sin. Sin is rampant in our world. Just look what happened in Searcy last night. People shot and killed in McDonald’s area, and shots fired in apartment complexes, some close to Harding University. It’s a sad world. The world needs Jesus. I guess the world has always been a rough place.
Even in the beginning the hearts of people were only evil continually. I guess as a parent, sometimes the world my kids are growing up in doesn’t always look so promising. But there is still good in this world, remember that. No matter how sinful it may be, we can be the light. We can be kind to others. We can let Christ glow in and around our lives.
The world needs Him. It is good to see that so many in our world were turning to God in prayer this week to heal the Damar Hamlin from the Buffalo Bills. Damar Hamlin is in critical condition due to collapsing on the field. It was nice to see Dan Orlovsky pray for him on TV. On ESPN for that fact a channel that typically doesn’t talk much about God.
It was nice to see how so many people in our country turned to God in prayer over a football player. Wouldn’t it be great if the sin sick kept on turning to God instead of sin? I pray that more and more people will keep turning to God. I pray that we, as His children, will keep living the life that shows we need Him. I pray that by our actions, others will want what we have.
Keep living for God in a world that is filled with sin. We can do this. Jesus said in Matthew 5:13-16, “13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
What Jesus is saying is that others will come to see Me by what they see in you! The lost need to see Jesus living in us. Be a salty example and one that glows for God. The world needs to see who we belong to. Pray and ask God to use each of us in a mighty way! Give thanks to God for the help He has provided us.
Ryan
I will say, and I think you will agree with me that being sick is awful. But when you are sick, it sure is nice when others are present to help you out when you need something to drink, some medicine, a snack, or whatever.
As I was laying down the other day thinking about being sick, I thought how I can make a spiritual point out of being sick this past weekend for my devotional this coming Wednesday night. I thought that all of us have an illness that needs to be dealt with.
All of us can say like David did in Psalm 51:4, “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight…” All of us have sinned and we need The Great Physician’s care. All of us have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory or standard of living (Romans 3:23).
Because of our great need, God had a plan to send His Son to the earth to die on the cross for our sins. He has given us the help that we all truly need. John 3:16-17 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
I am so thankful for the salvation, forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and blessings of having Jesus in my life. He has been so good to us. I loved the old saying about God: God is good all the time and all the time God is good.
When we are sick with sin, we, as His children, turn to Him for help. Turn to Him for spiritual cleansing. When we first learned of why Jesus came to earth, we turned to Him in faith knowing He is the answer and cure for our sin problem.
We lean on Him, we rely on Him, and we turn to Him for every need in this life. He asks us to seek Him. Peter tells us, “Cast your cares upon Him for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). Sadly, there are so many who will never turn to God. There are so many who are lost in sin.
There are so many who do not know the love of God. There are so many who know nothing about Him. I challenge all of us to be bold and courageous enough to share Jesus with one soul this year. Focus on one person in our lives. Pray about it! And ask God to use us to bring that person to Him. I believe He will be there to help us.
The world is lost in sin. Sin is rampant in our world. Just look what happened in Searcy last night. People shot and killed in McDonald’s area, and shots fired in apartment complexes, some close to Harding University. It’s a sad world. The world needs Jesus. I guess the world has always been a rough place.
Even in the beginning the hearts of people were only evil continually. I guess as a parent, sometimes the world my kids are growing up in doesn’t always look so promising. But there is still good in this world, remember that. No matter how sinful it may be, we can be the light. We can be kind to others. We can let Christ glow in and around our lives.
The world needs Him. It is good to see that so many in our world were turning to God in prayer this week to heal the Damar Hamlin from the Buffalo Bills. Damar Hamlin is in critical condition due to collapsing on the field. It was nice to see Dan Orlovsky pray for him on TV. On ESPN for that fact a channel that typically doesn’t talk much about God.
It was nice to see how so many people in our country turned to God in prayer over a football player. Wouldn’t it be great if the sin sick kept on turning to God instead of sin? I pray that more and more people will keep turning to God. I pray that we, as His children, will keep living the life that shows we need Him. I pray that by our actions, others will want what we have.
Keep living for God in a world that is filled with sin. We can do this. Jesus said in Matthew 5:13-16, “13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
What Jesus is saying is that others will come to see Me by what they see in you! The lost need to see Jesus living in us. Be a salty example and one that glows for God. The world needs to see who we belong to. Pray and ask God to use each of us in a mighty way! Give thanks to God for the help He has provided us.
Ryan
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