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You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. 2 Corinthians 3:2
D.L. MOODY
I remember reading of a blind man who was found sitting at the corner of a street in a great city with a lantern beside him. Someone went up to him and asked what he had the lantern there for, seeing that he was blind and the light was the same to him as the darkness. The blind man replied: “I have it so that no one may stumble over me.”
Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me. That is what Paul meant when he said we were to be living epistles of Christ, known and read of all men. I would not give much for all that can be done by sermons if we do not preach Christ by our lives. If we do not commend the gospel to people by our holy walk and conversation, we shall not win them to Christ.
ERWIN LUTZER
Many unbelievers stumble over the gospel because our witness is not a shining light showing the way to God. We must point the way through the Word of God that transforms us; then we can tell others what God has done for us. When we are satisfied with God, saying “no” to temptation is easy and all the circumstances swirling around us don’t matter because we accept whatever God brings our way.
When our lamp grows dim, as Moody pointed out, the people around us stumble; they don’t know there’s a way out of the darkness. We can only keep our lamp lit by meditating on God’s Word. Ask the text some questions. Analyze the text and ask yourself, “What does this text tell me about God?” Don’t ever close the Bible until you’ve found some food for your soul. Then we can point the way out of the darkness. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105, KJV).
PRAYER
Father, may no one stumble over me because my lamp is not lit. Today, help me to point the way for some person walking in darkness.REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Does the world see God’s Word when they see you?Are you satisfied with God? How can you grow in this?