I felt like reminding us that we are meant to make a difference in some ones life or some people or some community,Christ commissioned us in the book of the gospels mark,Luke Mathew,to go into the whole world preaching the gospel ( making a difference) .their are many ways one can make a difference in this world.
FOR me today i say i may be a one ,i may not be having money but i can do something. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I ought to do. What I ought to do, by the grace of God, I will do."
One godly man or woman can make a dramatic difference, even in the darkest of circumstances. Jesus put it this way:
"You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it useful again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless. You are the light of the world-like a city on a mountain, glowing in the night for all to see. Don't hide your light under a basket! Instead, put it on a stand and let it shine for all. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father." (Matthew 5:13 NLT)Our Lord is telling us that we, like salt, should make a difference in the situations we are in. Just as a little salt can either improve or worsen the flavor of something, a little influence can go a long way.
You might be the only man in your family . . . or the only Christian in your workplace . . . or the only Christian in your classroom . . . or the only Christian having a burden for africa,you might be a christian in africa their is some thing that you are meant to do ..please remember everything has its own time...,time to plant and time to harvest ,this is important for us to know that this is the right time for us to make a difference . In fact, you may be trying to get out of an uncomfortable situation in which you find yourself. But you may have been put there by the Lord to be an influence and, in a godly way, to move people in the right direction. God can do a lot with a little.
It is the power of one. Our lives can make a difference. In Ezekiel 22:30 God says, "I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to destroy the land, but I found no one" (NLT).
God is looking for that one who can make his or her mark. You may be the only Christian whom some people will ever know. The fact is that God can do a lot with a little. If you don't believe me, just ask that boy who was willing to share his lunch one day and saw Jesus feed 5,000 people, plus women and children, with his little meal. Or spend some time in the book of 1kings where you find a widow of Zarephath who obeyed God by giving in the small that she had for her self and the son to eat that day and die. when she gave out God multiplied every thing and they survived the days of great famine.He is still the same God.once you stand in your position.1Ki 17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. 1Ki 17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. 1Ki 17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 1Ki 17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
God is just looking for one-someone like you, someone like me. Will you be that one person?
Would you be willing to do what you can, where you are or in africa, with the influence that God has given you? Never underestimate the power of one.
once we join together we shall cause a big difference.
Dr. Gilbert AFRICA
