Preach.......

I was very blessed when I saw the application of 2 Tim 4:2. And the application of the Scripture was at a funeral I went to recently. I observed how almost all people congregated towards people they knew. Didn't even move from their places, and say even "hi" to strangers. They sat. They waited to be waited on. It makes me think, is there only one person who understood we are at the funeral to mingle with the people there and talk to them. Instead, sadly, the only mingling I saw was mingling of familiarity. So much for preaching and sharing in and out of season. Its both sad and tragic. Paul in Col 4:3 asked to be set free to preach. We have to ask ourselves if we understand the purpose of our salvation is to bring others in from darkness to light. Funerals are a great time to just walk up to a stranger and start a conversation I mean...the stranger is going nowhere. They are are at the funeral. A time of 1 Tim 5: 20 people love. Yet won't leave their chair at a funeral to share the word. We must ask ourselves, if we can't walk up to a stranger, at a funeral, and sit and talk to a stranger, why exactly are we there? Whose business are we about? We arrive. We sit. We eat. We leave. Its really so sad indeed. We must surely ask ourselves, am I saved? Is not salvation to serve our Lord and Master in sharing the Word of salvation. I mean...in season and out of season...we are provided with a dead body. We are provided with a living audience. And we sit there. Lord, open our eyes. Perhaps you never even noticed the one who did the work of an evangelist. A real leader. Not by name but by nature. And all the time there was another person. All alone. I went there. I spoke. Whilst those who speak fluently the language, sat and sipped a drink. Whilst a mourner was all up the front, hidden so to say, all alone. Waiting for the word to be shared. Some small talk. Sad. No one there. When o when will we understand our salvation. To the one who shared, thank you. Well done.

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