“He said to them, You are the leaders of the Levite families. You must purify yourselves and all your fellow Levites, so you can bring the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it” (1 Chronicles 15:12 NLT).
I could probably say without disagreement that each and every one of us are waiting for people we know and love to turn to God and clean up their acts. We anticipate the day they wash their hands of sin and give their hearts and lives over to Christ. We pray to that end. But are we expecting miracles without a little hard work on our parts?
What are we trying to carry? The love of God to a dark world? The Good News to the hurting? The gift of salvation to the unsaved? The Christian way of life to the dying?
Are we cleaned up and ready for the job? Are our hands washed of wrongdoings? Our minds cleansed of all unlovely thoughts? Our hearts purified of sin?
The preparation we make for taking the gift of salvation to the world is directly proportional to the importance we place on our job.
Who are we taking it to? Strangers? Neighbors? Extended family? Our own children? Aren’t they worth our whole-hearted effort?
Malinda Edgell
Illinois
PRAY TOGETHER: Spend focused time in prayer for unsaved loved ones. Ask God to speak in a new and fresh way to their hearts.
