II Corinthians 3:3 says, "And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts." Christians are love letters from God written to the world. We are here to share what God has to say.
Some of us act like wadded up pieces of paper that we think God intended to be thrown in the trash. We think that God has made a mistake or that we're not good enough or capable of sharing the gospel with others. This is completely wrong. There are no typos in God's letters. He made everyone in his image and with the capability to fulfill their pupose and spread his message. There is no letter too torn, too stained, or too smudged to be sent. Like Paul (who wasn't exactly super-Christian his whole life) said in Philippians 3:13, we must forget "what lies behind" and strain "forward to what lies ahead."
Okay, so you're moving forward. You're good enough to be sent out. You have the whole gospel and you think you've got it all figured out, but you're just hanging out at the post office. You're comfortable there. You can share your letter with the other letters, and that's just fine with you. It's the world beyond the post office that scares you. But like Paul says in Romans 10, "How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?" Millions of souls are lost without the gospel, and they need a letter from God so that they may find joy in his salvation, rather than an eternity wishing that someone had told them.
Finally, there are some of us like Isaiah in Isaiah 6:8 when he proclaims, "Here am I! Send me!" Some people want the Lord to open doors for them to share the Lord's love with the world. They do not sit and wait for the opportunity to present itself. They are not comfortable with keeping the letter to themselves. They want God to send them to all in need of a Savior.
Christians are God's perfectly written letter to the world. Christ has already delivered Christians and "sealed our hearts for his courts above." There is no flaw or stain that could decrease the power of what is written in the letter. We cannot hoard this letter for ourselves only, but we must be sent out into the world so that all may see the glory of God and all may find joy in worshipping him for eternity.
Some of us act like wadded up pieces of paper that we think God intended to be thrown in the trash. We think that God has made a mistake or that we're not good enough or capable of sharing the gospel with others. This is completely wrong. There are no typos in God's letters. He made everyone in his image and with the capability to fulfill their pupose and spread his message. There is no letter too torn, too stained, or too smudged to be sent. Like Paul (who wasn't exactly super-Christian his whole life) said in Philippians 3:13, we must forget "what lies behind" and strain "forward to what lies ahead."
Okay, so you're moving forward. You're good enough to be sent out. You have the whole gospel and you think you've got it all figured out, but you're just hanging out at the post office. You're comfortable there. You can share your letter with the other letters, and that's just fine with you. It's the world beyond the post office that scares you. But like Paul says in Romans 10, "How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?" Millions of souls are lost without the gospel, and they need a letter from God so that they may find joy in his salvation, rather than an eternity wishing that someone had told them.
Finally, there are some of us like Isaiah in Isaiah 6:8 when he proclaims, "Here am I! Send me!" Some people want the Lord to open doors for them to share the Lord's love with the world. They do not sit and wait for the opportunity to present itself. They are not comfortable with keeping the letter to themselves. They want God to send them to all in need of a Savior.
Christians are God's perfectly written letter to the world. Christ has already delivered Christians and "sealed our hearts for his courts above." There is no flaw or stain that could decrease the power of what is written in the letter. We cannot hoard this letter for ourselves only, but we must be sent out into the world so that all may see the glory of God and all may find joy in worshipping him for eternity.
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