This past Saturday, I woke very early to the sun
filling my home with daylight. Without a thought for the early hour I made a
coffee, spoke to the cat, and sat quietly in our great room while my wife
caught up on some much needed sleep. While mentally planning a perfect day at
the lake I clicked the television on, and without any intent, began to watch
the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meaghan Markle. I really had no interest,
yet I was captivated. Then, as everyone was seated in the cathedral, Bishop
Michael Curry began a fifteen minute message to the young couple, and to the
world. As he spoke with pure conviction, he reminded all that God must be in,
and all around the marriage of this man and this woman. He reminded the world
that as a groom takes his bride, so does Jesus take us, the church as His
bride.
He described God’s redemptive power of love, and how each of
us can receive that gift and use it to make our world a better place. He spoke
this into the hearts of all the Royalty, celebrities, and common folk alike. He
absolutely captivated me, and I thought, wow, how perfect, how simple, and how
many would actually listen. He had the attention of most of the planet, and I
saw how powerful a speaker he is. Just imagine, if you will how great an
influence he must be.
Then it occurred to me that Jesus, began by speaking softly
to twelve. He did not have billions hanging on His every word. Yet, His message
was taken, then shared, and has endured for over two thousand years. One man,
Jesus, made the most profound impact on the world, that mankind has ever known.
When we accept Christ into our hearts and home, He gifts us with His redemptive
power of love. When we share that with another, and another, without the
fan-fair of mass media, it is just as important to God, as Bishop Curry’s was
to the masses.
There is nothing that any of us has ever done, thought, or
said that cannot be forgiven by God. There is no addiction strong enough to
hold God at bay or defeat His love for us. You and I, common everyday people
are just as valuable to God as any Royal, celebrity, or anyone who may have the
ears of the world. We are His children, loved equally, no one better than the
next. Can we make the world a better place? Of course we can. We just need to
listen to the one who truly speaks for you, for me, and for the rest of the
world, and that would be Jesus.
Mike Shindruk
www.mastershandministry.blogspot.ca
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