The Advent of Easter, Part XIII by Pamela Christian—Copyright © 2019
God’s will for us is to discover our true God-intended purpose in life. For this reason, Jesus came in human form to provide a way for us to be restored into right relationship with God. Those of us who are restored, find far greater hope for our earthly lives and elation concerning our future than we could have imagined. And those of us who have discovered truth, are commissioned by Jesus, and given His authority, to help others discover the same life-giving truth we’ve been blessed to find.
Jesus’ entire ministry was a ministry of reconciliation. He is our example of how we are to live our new lives in Christ. Therefore, each and every Christian is called and commissioned to be a part of His ministry of reconciliation.
God created humanity with intrinsic needs. These include: the need to be loved; the need to belong; and the need to be significant. These basic, needs remain even after the fall of humanity—or what’s also referred to as Original Sin, when Adam and Eve rejected God. God’s original plan was for us to have these basic needs met in our relationship with Him. However, since the fall, every human being is born as natural enemies against God. Unless a person discovers the truth of God, the truth of humanity, chooses to repent, and believe in and receive Jesus as Savior and Lord, they will seek to have their basic needs met in any place other than God.
With our culture convinced of popular secular claims such as truth is relative, and believing the Bible and the Church are not relevant for today, the majority of people are on wayward paths in their effort to have their basic needs met. Our culture has been steeped with the idea that there is no beginning and no end—life on earth as we know it, is all there is. While they believe this, they cannot, however, deny the unsettled feelings they have in searching to have their basic needs satisfied.
Now that we’ve discovered truth, we bask in the love of God, in the community of God, and embrace our new purpose in life, how can we keep such a glorious reality to ourselves? The Christian faith is uniquely able to satisfy all our basic human needs. Despite the fact we have utterly rejected God, He still goes to great lengths to help us find our way back and into right relationship with Him. What a glorious God we serve! What a privilege it is to share with others what Jesus has done and how their lives can be forever changed for the better. All their innate needs can be met, greater hope and joy can be experienced, and they can live abundant, victorious lives.
Christians are commissioned to be Ambassadors for Christ, helping others discover truth. One of the best ways to begin to reach people with truth is to appeal to their basic needs. Inquire if they truly feel loved, accepted, and enjoy a life of meaning and purpose. If they express they don’t, inquire further. Help them explore their feelings of dissatisfaction and help direct them to the only source who can satisfy. Use one of my questions: “Why would you feel any sense of insignificance, unless you were created for significance?” Help them get on a new and right path of discovery.
Each one of us is to help others discover truth. I pray you come alive to this tremendous opportunity this Easter as never before. I love the truth that I have been saved and in my eternal gratitude I want nothing more than to do the will of my heavenly Father. As I say every time I sign off a broadcast, “Christ died for us, the least we can do is live for Him”
Understanding the ways we deny Christ will be the topic of my next post.
For March 30-31, 2019 read and meditate on the following Scriptures:
Matthew 5:14-16; Matthew 28:18-20; Romans 8; 1 Cor 12:12-27; 2 Peter 3:9
Scroll down below to access earlier posts in this series. To view the entire list of planned devotions, see the Introduction.
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