JUST THINK ... by Joyce C Lock
If you're a salesperson (not only because it's a job but, you
actually happen to be good at it), just think. How many sales
did you make last year? Last month? Last week? A lot?
Probably, you would have sold more in a better economy. Though
still, you likely sold way more than you can readily remember.
Was that 100 customers? 1,000? 100,000? More?
Imagine if you were to use that same great charm to sell
Jesus? Wow, what an impact!!! Now, multiply that by a few years
and that's really a lot of changed lives!!!
Ok, so maybe you're not a salesperson. How are you at
advertising? Isn't it fun to continually have more ideas of ways
to reach just one more customer and often thousands!? Just think
how the world would view differently if you were to use all that
creativity to say ... advertise God.
Can't you just see it now, a neon light in every public
restroom? Oh, we could have so much fun! Soon, the idea would
catch on and God's name would be on every pair of tennis shoes,
on every bath robe. There is no place people couldn't go without
being reminded of God and, wherever He's included, that's that
much less room for Satan.
Too active for you? Ok, let's say you're a writer, an
artist, a musician. You have wares to share, so do it. If you
haven't been discovered already, odds are that you're not going
to win the Mr. or Miss America pageants by keeping your gift
hidden. Just think of the thousands and hundred thousands your
gift could already be ministering to. And, when you give to God,
He gives you more! Why not go for the world title!?
What's your gift? I'm about certain you have at least one.
So, your health isn't cooperating. That's pretty common, these
days. In fact, Satan gets his jollies at the ways he convinces
us that we can't serve. Aren't you about tired of it, too?
You do have a telephone, don't you? How about a computer?
And, there's still the old fashioned snail mail. Ask God to show
you something you can do. That'll teach the old fart a lesson!
If you use the gift God gives you, He gives you another one,
too! Then, when you use both gifts for the Lord, He'll double it
again, and again! There's no longer any reason to whine about
how others are so gifted and you're not. Get going! One gift is
a good place to start; at just your speed. How do you think I
ended up with so many different gifts!? It really works!
And, do you know what else? Now, this is really cool! If
you make just one person smile, they will feel happier and will,
in turn, make at least a couple more people smile. Then, you
have two new people smiling who will, in turn, make two more
people smile. You started with one smile, which was yours. And
now, that seed has already multiplied seven times when all you
did was smile!
The same is true in sharing joys of the Lord. Each time you
minister to someone, they will find opportunity to share it
again. It's kind of like the Energizer bunny. It keeps going
and going. Some seed multiplies a little, some up to a hundred
fold. It could even be more!
Thank God that we don't have to count how much our seed gets
multiplied. All we have to do is offer the seed and God will
take it from there.
I often wonder if the person who led Billy Graham to the Lord
had any idea what they had done. One seed multiplied more times
than anyone but God can count. Have you ever thought to realize
it could be your seed that will reach the next Billy Graham?
Just think of all the good we could accomplish were we to
quit letting Satan tell us that we can't. Why, we could change
the world ... if we would just think.
Š 2004 by Joyce C. Lock
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About the Author:
Joyce C. Lock founded and maintains the email ministries
"Heavenly Inspirations"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations/ and
"Share a Smile" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smilesharing/ .
She also has a published e-book, "The Difference",
which can be purchased here:
http://www.theeaglesgarden.com/
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