Everywhere we look, all around us, are other people. We are surrounded by our kind; fellow humans are in no lack. The diversity in which we, as humans, are made, is astounding - no one who has ever walked this earth is exactly alike to any other who has lived at any point it time. But there are certain similarities, and certain things that we all have, and can assume about a person. I would like to approach this from a Biblical standpoint, and go off of five main points and similarities, and continue on from there.
1. We have all been made in the image of God. Not physically - that's pretty much impossible to assume seeing physical differences in every single person, whether male or female. The image that we all share, the fact that we have been formed in the likeness of God Himself, brings me to the conclusion that we have been given the gift of a Soul - we have all of eternity before us, and this is a Promise of His. Whether or not we spend our eternity with God or not is our individual choice; a daily choice that when we wake up in the morning, we choose to follow Him. Point of this all being, every single person in existence now, or who has at some point in time had claim to existence, has a Soul that will endure for the length of eternity.
2. We all have emotions, feelings, ideas, and our own individualized thought process. The way in which you can really reach and touch one person varies vastly from what can and will reach another person. If you go up to someone, and start teaching them a blazing message on hell-fire, the likelihood that that will reach them depends on their personality - you are much more apt to push them far, far away from Christ and His love for them, and leave them fearful. But, on the other hand, you could walk up to that same person and tell them, oh, you know, God loves you, He sent His only Son to die for you, ect, and it still might not reach them! Most times, to reach someone effectively, we have to have at least some idea of their personality and the way they process thoughts and emotions. Without this, it's really tricky to know what will touch their heart - the key here is to build relationships with non-believers in the Truth of the Word of God. But, after all that, I still need to say this - when the Holy Spirit prompts you to talk to someone about God in a certain way, it doesn't matter if you know them as your best friend, or as the clerk in the shopping mall; all that matters is that you place your faith in the One True God, and follow His wherever He may lead you. Point of this being, start relationships with people who you want to witness to, but NEVER limit God by your amount of knowledge - trust Him fully in all things; but remember, everyone is different.
3. We all have a God-shaped hole inside of us - a yearning, a longing, a desire for something more, something worth both living and dying for. We, as Christians, have found that thing - Christ's love for us. For love, though it's not always everything we want, it's always more than anything we could ever need - and when our hopes and expectations are placed in His love for us, we need not fear disappointment, or failure, or disaster - for His love never fails. Point being, there is an entire world filled with people, and most of those people scoff when they hear the phrase, "God Loves You" - we need to be His tools, to SHOW others that His love is true, so that we are not just empty gongs and clanging cymbals of useless, meaningless words.
4. We were all literally made, formed, created out of mere dirt, to worship the King of all kings, and to serve Him will all our lives, all of our days, will a full heart of love for Him. We are not our own! For we have been called to a higher purpose in this live then mere moments of partial fulfillment, or happiness. None of us are any better, or, for that matter, any worse than the next. We all fit into the same box of sin and hopelessness and unquenchable darkness. But just in the moment that our blackness seemed so thick that nothing could ever pierce it, we are blinded by the light that Christ shed into our lives, and our spiritual eyes can be opened, if we let them be so. Point being, never underestimate the worth of a person, or the ability that they have to be saved in Christ's Holy Name.
5. We are all someone worth dying for. Your neighbor is. That mean kid at school who snickers at you in the hallways is. Your family is. Your best friend is. Yes, dearest reader, YOU are someone worth dying for, and the someone that first proclaimed that and went on to really, truly die for you because He was so incredible honest and truthful when He said it, He was, and is, and forevermore will be, the King of all kings!! Every single human being IS someone worth dying for, no matter their walk of live or how much they live in sinfulness; Christ has torn the veil, filled the valley, and claimed you, and restored you - and that is what He longs for each and ever person to see, because He has done it not only for, you, and for me, but for the whole world! So that we all may know that OUR GOD REIGNS!! Point of all this being, you are not forsake-able in the eyes of Christ - you are beautiful, clean, and lovely in His perfect, holy eyes when you accept His love and truth and His power to make you clean and whole - also, this goes for all of mankind!!
Now that you have these five human truths, I have a challenge for you. Go light your world! You have an entire mission field placed right in front of you by God, and He has not given you any more, or any less, than you can handle. Place a burning fire for Him in your heart, and He will hold steadily and firmly onto you, and He will guide you always. Why does He do that for you? So that you can say to Him, "Oh, no, You never let go, through the calm and through the storm - oh, no, You never let go, in every high, and every low - oh, no You never let go, Lord, You never let go of me!" (Matt Redman, You Never Let Go)
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