More About How We Live Rather Than How We Orate

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.

We are commanded to preach the Word of God.  We are commanded to be prepared to preach the Word.  Are we ready?

Jesus Christ, the Living Word, came to earth to teach about His Father in heaven and to reveal the salvation plan.  A large portion of His message was presented through the way that He lived and loved among the people.  He used His miracles to exhibit His love and to gain attention for His message - especially for those that would not listen to His message otherwise.

So it is with us.  Because most of the world now has hardened hearts for the spoken Word, we must draw them to the Word by the way that we live our lives.  Our living testimony of the miracle that occurred in our lives through Jesus Christ must be the message that those around us see day in and day out.  Once they see the miraculous way that our lives have changed and they see the joy that we have regardless of circumstances, the comfort we have regardless of our trials and the love that we share through good times and bad, they will be drawn to the fount that sustains us.  The way we live will say more and teach more than we could convey with eloquent speech.  To preach the Word is more about how we live than how we orate.

Let us live in the fullness and presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  Let the world be drawn to Our Savior by our living testimonies.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the living presence of Your Son in our lives.  We bless the name of Jesus who dwells within us so that we may be vessels of His perfect love.  We pray that we may become broken vessels, surrendered to Our Savior, so that the world may be drawn to Him by the Light that lives within us and shines forth from us.  Once those around us have been drawn to us by the lives in Christ that we are living, we pray that You give us the strength and the boldness to proclaim the gospel.  We ask that You open the ears of those around us and prepare their hearts to receive their Savior.  We ask all these things in the mighty name of the One who gives grace to the humble, Jesus Christ.