New Devotional
series.
With his permission, I am going to use for our Wednesday Devotions
a series written and published by the Rev
Theo Groeneveld of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church (http://emmanuel.org.za/). in the east of
Pretoria. The series touched my heart
and I pray that it will touch yours as well.
God's Awesome
Trade - By Theo Groeneveld.
This series of devotions is a concept I was exposed to at
the "Right Now Campaign" (www.rightnow.org)
and involves being a TRADER.
Here's a working definition:
A Trader is a new kind of Missionary
- not defined by
Geography -
but willing to apply the parable of the Good
Samaritan and to go and do likewise.
A Trader is intentional with their
time, talent and
skills.
They trade-in their pursuits for His pursuits.
They trade in time, money and comfort for a world that
needs Christ.
Hope you are stimulated by the series!
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For Christ's love
compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all
died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for
themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again...
21 God made him who
had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might
become the
righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians
5:14-21
Why should I be a TRADER?
Why should I trade my time, talent and skills for His
purpose rather than my own?
BECAUSE God did an even bigger trade!
- The Sinless One - the Son of God - took on our sin and
gave us His righteousness.
- One Person - God's own Son - died (effectively again
and again and again) for each of us.
- He died our death so that we could live for Him. He
made a life that we did not have before, available for us!
Before this trade, we were only able to live for
ourselves: Selfish, Materialistic, Temporary.
Now, because of the trade He made, we can TRADE the things that will not last for things that will last
forever.
I want to be a TRADER!
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