"Obey". So often I don't; yet it's so much better if I do.
I've recently enjoyed seeing reflections of the gospel in every day life, but sometimes the gift isn't accepted. The offer of a biscuit or sweet to someone you know (or don't know) is a reflection of the gospel. Something undeserved, something good for free. Yet some people reject the offer.
I don't want to miss an opportunity to display a reflection of or infact the full gospel to people who don't see it; as I think about it now there are little opportunities dying everyday. I'm reminded of a passage a friend of mine quotes regularly.
[...] for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Why not read some more of Romans? I will.
Yay for Odeh and Romans!
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