Read Proverbs 27:17
We have been talking all week about intentionally winning our friends to Christ and helping them to grow in their love relationship with God. This is our responsibility, our privilege and should be our heart beat in living out the Christian walk. As you look at this verse you may ask what does this have to do with being intentional. I say it has everything to do with it. In order to sharpen iron you have to use iron to sharpen it, something of a lesser metal or different material will not cut it, iron sharpens iron. Here is the point of this verse and the key to being able to make a difference in your friend’s lives. Are you living a life that would sharpen someone else’s spiritual life, another words are you iron or some other type of material. What would your lifestyle say, what would your friends say? Do they see in you something different, do they know that you follow Christ? If not then you are not really following Christ. A hidden faith is no faith at all. Our faith in Jesus Christ is to be “Lived out Loud.” When we intentionally lead our friends to Christ and then tell them they need to be growing in that relationship, we better back it up by doing it ourselves. There is a song that says, “Don’t tell them Jesus loves them, till your ready to love them to.” Please I beg you don’t try to help your friends grow in Christ when you’re the one that needs the help. Now before you go and get all discouraged please understand that I am not talking about if you struggle and yet are striving to live for Christ. Struggle is a reality that will always be there. I am talking about not striving at all, or living in a way that would point your friends away from Christ. To be intentional about helping others means we are intentional with our own walk. Intentional “Live Out Loud” and you will not help but impact the lives of others.
Father help us to “Live Out Loud” everyday of our lives so that others might see Christ in us.
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