Seize the Moment – Day 328
The Sum of Godly Lifestyles!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, February 8.
You’ve heard it said, “it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans.” That is an old idiom that says something, even when you sum up all the individual parts, is not worth much.
How can we be sure that our local churches, when we bring together all of the individual parts, which are you and me—the people—do amount to something of value?
At the end of the section on godly living, Peter writes in 1 Peter 3:8-9, “To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.”
Our gathering together is valuable! We are invited to follow the example of Jesus Christ in how we treat one another. We are called to be a blessing! In fact, this is the very purpose that you were saved and called into the family of God. Never forget that the church is composed of those people that God has called out of darkness and into His marvelous Light to be the Light of the world.
You know the children’s song: this little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. This is our inheritance—to Shine the Light of God! And when we all bring our little lights together and shine as one; then, the world would know that we are His disciples by our love for one another (John 13:35). This is one of the reasons we gather—to shine God’s glory through our fellowship!
Seize the moment and remember that you have been blessed to be a blessing! Shine!
Let’s recite our memory verse for this week together. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).