As I mentioned to you last week, I am going to provide another message from Max Lucado today from his Grace For The Moment daily devotional. My message today is based on his devotional for March 26, titled A Godly Touch. The scripture he uses to begin the message is
Matthew 8:3 – Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man and said, “I will. Be healed!”
Max then shares the following message – Oh, the power of a Godly touch. Haven’t you known it? The doctor who treated you, or the teacher who dried your tears? Was there a hand holding yours at a funeral? Another on your shoulder during a trial? A handshake of welcome at a new job ?…….
Can’t we offer the same?
Many of you already do. Some of you have the master touch of he Physician himself. You use your hands to pray over the sick and minister to the weak. If you aren’t touching them personally, your hands are writing letters, dialing phones, baking pies. You have learned the power of a touch.
But others of us tend to forget. Our hearts are good; it’s just that our memories are bad. We forget how significant one touch can be………
Aren’t we glad Jesus didn’t make the same mistake?
In his Memorial Day sermon last Sunday, Pastor Don said that Jesus told His disciples that they needed to live with a purpose to reconcile the world to come to God. He then concluded his message to our congregation with – Does your life have a purpose to live for Jesus? This is exactly what Max is talking about in this daily message.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 – Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.
Whether your ministry is to pray over the sick, or call friends who you know are struggling, or to bake and deliver a meal or pie to them, or whatever God puts on your heart, don’t put it off! God is speaking to you, and you need to hear Him when He speaks, and you don’t need a hearing aid to hear Him! He is speaking to you through your heart, and using your conscience to alert you! We all have the opportunity to serve others in some way, and we need to take advantage of our time on this earth to make a positive difference in the lives of others around us!
Psalm 100:4-5 – Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courtyards with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting and His faithfulness is to all generations.
Always remember to serve the Lord with a cheerful heart, and to serve others because you are living to serve! God knows the Spirit with which you serve, and it needs to be with a loving heart and cheerful soul!
Please note that I will not have a TGIF message the next two weeks as Cindy and I are going to DC to visit our granddaughters.