Let the Redeemed of the Lord...

I have been doing this "One Word" study for my quiet time. Its something my friend Melissa sent to me that her church does. I have really enjoyed it. Her church actually send a list out with a different chapter of the Bible to read each day. Then you are supposed to write down the one word/phrase that comes to mind....however, being a verbal, relational female, mine are long journal entries. :) So I have journalled a few and will probably post them on here. The one I did today got my on the 2nd verse. I was reading Psalm 107.

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v.1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

v.2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

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Let the redeemed of the Lord say HE IS GOOD!!!!
How are we presenting God to the lost world?
With a set of rules?
He is a GOD OF GRACE!!!
None are righteous! We can't do any good deed that will make us "good enough" to stand before Him...and thankfully its nothing we can do! We would and DO fail everyday!!!
Our good deeds are like flithy rags to our perfect Father
So why do we impose a legalistic set of rules on other people?
Why do we try to make them live by a standard that we can't even live up to?
Why don't we just purely LOVE them?
Who are we to add to grace???
We should be presenting our Savior as good and loving! As gracious and merciful!
Show others that His love is unconditional!
Now more than ever, the world needs a Savior! We KNOW Him! Why do we keep Him quiet?
Why do we avoid the confrontation of telling people?
Why do we sit in our comfortable little Christian lives, surrounded by our Christian friends AND NOT GO OUT INTO THE WORLD and teach the gospel??? The SAVING gospel???

Fear?

• fear of losing a friend? You'll lose them when this temporal world passes.
• fear of looking crazy or being hated? That's what people thought of Christ. He tells us to expect the same thing! John 15:17-19.
• fear of getting outside our comfort zone? When we sit in comfort, we probably aren't growing spiritually.
• fear of meeting new people that may be more worldly, crude, unforgiving, ungodly? Guess what??? Thats all of us! Have some grace...the world needs your Savior too!
• fear of "going in to all the world"? God uses you in your world! He may not (and probably won't) call you to a different country. There are plenty of unbelievers around you! If you think you don't know any, just ask God to show you them!
• fear of teaching? The Bible doesn't call for only people with the spiritual gift of teaching to tell people about Christ...It says ALL of us are to spread the gospel!

Don't we share with our friends the latest "find"?
The great sale, the great book, the great movie, the great shoes, even the great breast-pump!!!
We are ALL walking billboards!
Why then do we not show off, "sell," and promote the ONE CONSTANT the we have? The One who moves and touches our lives on a daily basis?
The One who loves us and takes care of us and knows us better than we know ourselves?

Jesus Christ is worth getting out of our comfort zone for!!!
And He will always be with you!!! You are never alone!!!

And if we can remember that its not about us! When we get rejected for what we believe, its not about us!!! They are rejecting God! And, He can handle it! Let Him!!!

In a world that is removing God and Jesus Christ from EVERYTHING, they CANNOT move us!

Psalm 107:9
For He satisfies the longing soul,
And He fills the hungry soul with goodness!