RPG Adults
THE PRIVILEGE OF EVANGELISM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
1 Thessalonians 2:4
1 Timothy 1:11-14
“…we were allowed of God
to be put in trust with the gospel…”
THE PRIVILEGE OF EVANGELISM
A privilege is defined as “a special right or advantage granted or available only to a particular person or group.” If you think about it, serving God in any capacity is the highest privilege that any human can possibly have. We are but unworthy sinners; God is the Almighty, perfect and holy God who reigns and rules over all His creation. What could the all-sufficient God ever need from us lowly creatures?
Yet it is by His grace, through the finished work of the Lord Jesus, that we are granted this special right to serve Him. It is only because we have been washed and cleansed by the blood of Christ that we can now come into His presence and our works are acceptable and even pleasing to Him.
That is why when Paul spoke of his service to God, he described it as being “allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel” (1 Thess 2:4). The word “allowed” has the meaning of being approved, that Paul was tested and reckoned by God to be deemed suitable. He knew that the only reason he was even preaching was that he had a divine mandate from God. He understood that it was a high and holy honour to be entrusted with the Gospel – the most important Message that anyone can ever receive in this world!
We too need to have such a perspective when we witness for the Lord. We must count it an honour and a privilege to testify to others about our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the special right that only believers can share in. Unbelievers do not understand the Gospel and cannot be ambassadors for Christ. But we do. We have experienced the Gospel and the goodness of the Lord. We should therefore cherish this responsibility that we have been entrusted with, and perform our duty well with dignity and honour.
THOUGHT: God does not need me to serve Him, but by His grace He allows it.
PRAYER: Father, may Thou help me to understand what a great honour it is to be counted as a servant of the great high God.