Who are you pointing to Christ?

Who are you pointing to Christ?  So maybe this wasn’t the question you wanted to be asked today, but nonetheless I’m asking…

 John 1:29-39 reads this way in the New International Version:

29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God.”35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

I believe John’s disciples followed Jesus immediately because of the truth he had imparted to his disciples about who Jesus was before they saw him in person.  The reality is this—we all have people following us.  We all have people who we influence (those who know God and those who do not).  Are we living our lives in such a way that it causes people to draw closer to Christ?  Do the words we speak cause people to gain curiosity about the Gospel?  Do our actions provoke people to go and find Jesus? 

 I want my life to be so purposed that I can speak the words of the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:1 with confidence, “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.”

 Instead of pointing at people with our fingers, how about we point them to Jesus with our life?!

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June 18, 2009 / 10:27 am
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