🦹‍♀️Somebody Needs You👩🏻‍💼

 My hope does not rest in the affairs of this world. It rests in Christ who is coming again.  

~ Billy Graham ~

Colossians 4:5 (KJV) Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Paul just asked for prayer that doors would be opened up so he could speak about Christ Jesus. Then in verse 4 that he may know how to speak. In verse 5 his request was to “Walk in wisdom”. Wow if we could learn that it would be a great day. What am I saying? Well are you secure in what you believe?  If you said yes then what makes you so secure? To be secure means you will move forward “Walk” but the Apostle Paul didn’t want to just move forward he wanted to move forward in wisdom (knowledge.) You see moving forward is moving toward something. We don’t understand how everyone thinks, we don’t understand different cultures. Therefore we can’t have the attitude of it my way or the highway. Paul is going into different cities where he will meet and talk to people with different ideas. You know what? All those Paul will be talking too will think they are right in what they believe. Therefore Paul can’t just go up to them and start talking expecting them to throw away what they have been taught. So he says pray that God would work through me and give me the wisdom to tell everyone about the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Is that not what Paul is saying?  

Colossians 4:6 (KJV) Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Remember Steve? One night in Lawrenceville Georgia in a Kroger parking lot there were a bunch of college students hanging out. Steve goes up to where they were all just hanging around. He said these words “my pastor has sent me out to find some that would be able to sing in our choir.” Before anyone had an opportunity to say anything Steve said this “I know you all know this song Amazing Grace.” Without waiting for them to answer he just started singing. Know what they did? They started singing. Before Steve left there that night 4 of those college students had asked the Lord to come into their heart. Paul asked those to pray that God would give him wisdom and grace. So that his secure faith would help others become secure in what Jesus Christ has done for them. Don’t say I’m shy, you may very well be but instead of saying I’m shy do like the Apostle Paul ask for others to pray that God would give you wisdom and grace to speak with those around you. Everyone should be able to lead one person a year to the Lord. It’s not you, it's Christ within you. 

Colossians 1:27 (KJV) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Somebody out there needs you to tell them why you trusted Christ Jesus as your savior.