II Timothy 4:2 ” I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction.”

The term season in this Scripture doesn’t refer to a period of time …it refers rather to us.  We need to be ready to share the Gospel with others whether we feel like it or not.  If we only reached out to others with the Good News of Jesus when we felt ready and confident…we’ll probably not do it very often.  And if we wait for some giant spark of inspiration or emotion to come upon us first…we’ll probably wait a long time, and meanwhile, miss many opportunities .   One of my fondest memories of leading an elderly neighbor to the Lord was also during one of the lowest points of my life.  Grief, sadness, and depression hung over me like a dark cloud when the Lord told me to go speak to this man.  “Lord,” I asked. “I can hardly function as a human being, how can I possibly go and talk to this man about Jesus?”  But I obeyed,  and this man accepted Jesus into his life…only to meet his Savior later that day in heaven.

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Author: kezha1

A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ.

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