How much experience do you have as a Christian? What have you learned
so far in your walk with the Lord? When you get to heaven, what lessons
of life will you bring along with you? You are learning, aren't you??
What lessons, what experiences do you think the saints of days gone by
have carried with them into eternity? Will you leave this world empty
handed and empty headed?? I hope not! God expects us to know, to do, and
to share certain things as His children. He educates us for a purpose,
there is a reason He wants us to learn and have experience as a Christian!
We are going to look at this very topic today, so come with me and bring
along an attitude of eagerness to learn.....
Job 32:7, "I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach
wisdom."
First of all, how long have you been a Christian? Just a few days, a few
weeks, a few months, a few years, several years?? No matter what the length
of time is that you have been saved, there is a certain amount of responsibility
that comes along with being a member of God's family. DAYS should SPEAK,
and YEARS should TEACH, amen? How are you doing new Christian?? Are you
opening your mouth for the Lord? Are you telling others about the good
things that God has done for you, how he saved your soul from hell? Are
you bubbling over with things He is teaching you as you read the Word
of God and it comes alive to you for the first time ever? In spite of
the fact that it hasn't been very long since you've been saved, there
is plenty to talk about, amen? The goodness of God alone could keep our
lips busy speaking praises to Him and others! The Bible doesn't say to
wait until you know everything in scripture, or wait about five years
or so, it says DAYS should speak! Some of the most encouraging conversations
I have had have been with newly saved, excited, and thankful young Christians
who are falling in love with the Lord. Their hunger for sincerity revives
me!
1 Peter 2:2, "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that
ye may grow thereby:"
Those of you who have walked with the Lord for several years now, what
are you doing with the various experiences you have had with the Lord
over all this time? What are you doing with the marvelous lessons you
have learned in your Christian life? Are you passing them on, are you
teaching others, are you discipling? Is it all for naught??? Surely you've
seen some miracles take place in your lifetime... Surely you've seen God
at work in the lives of His people and noticed His love and protection
over them and you... What are you doing with what you have seen? Are you
encouraging others, are you giving them any hope? Your YEARS should teach
that God can be trusted....
Psalm 37:25-26, "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen
the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful,
and lendeth; and his seed is blessed."
Ladies, I hope we never forget why God is at work in our lives. Every
day He is teaching us something, morning by morning! May we never lose
sight of the great value in all that we have gone through in the past,
the great value in all that we might be going through at present, and
the great value in all that we will go through in the future. Let's willingly
accept the education the Lord is giving us, and then willingly share our
experiences, share our lessons that we have been taught. We
need to pray for teachable hearts, for if we are ready always to learn,
we'll be ready always to share, amen?
Isaiah 50:4, "The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that
I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth
morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the the learned."
Genesis 30:27, ".....for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath
blessed me for thy sake."
Let's let that last portion of scripture sink in for a moment... Do we
really understand that God has blessed us with experience, blessed us
with many lessons, and blessed us with the tongue of the learned for the
sake of others? It's true! Such an education prevents us from living selfishly,
as islands. The experiences that you and I go through, the lessons that
we have learned at the hand of the Lord put us together with people you
and I would otherwise probably not have anything to do with! Our experiences
send us straight into the lives of strangers who need the Lord... Our
heavenly Father educates you and I for the purpose of helping us to relate
to other people properly, so that they might, in turn, relate to Him properly
and come to Him as a result! What a caring God we serve, amen? He sees
those who are weary and sends them help... Will you faithfully accept
the duty to go? Will you let your experiences and your lessons be a magnet
that God uses to draw others unto Him?
John 6:45, "It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught
of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father,
cometh unto me."
In closing, consider what you have learned so far in your Christian walk,
think back on what the Lord has taught you.... Now think back on the number
of people you have reached out to because of those lessons.... Is there
someone you are hiding the Lord from, someone you are keeping back encouragement
from today by not speaking and teaching of your experiences with the Lord?
What wisdom has God blessed you with that He intended for you to share
with another that you have forsaken? Why have you learned Christ then
- only to waste the knowledge or hoard it?? Days should speak and years
should teach - it's our responsibility as a child of God!
1 Corinthians 14:31, "....that all may learn, and all may be comforted."
God Bless,
Pam
Isaiah 60:1&2
Copyright 2000
Pamela A. Iannello
