I Am The Bible

Isaiah 32:3

3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

I have heard it said that you and I might be the only Bible someone ever reads. My thoughts then are we need to be something worth reading.

Years ago when working a factory I worked with a bunch of guys that were Godless and spiritually lost. I never preached to them, I never badgered them about their sinful ways, I never criticized, talked down to, or mistreated them. I just did my best to live out my testimony. The truth was many ridiculed and mocked me for not partying with them and for upholding a Christian standard.

One day a guy I worked with came and talked to me, seriously talked to me. He was in trouble and he was one of the guys who always gave me a hard time. I listened to him, responded with some advice and prayed for him. Then I asked him, “Why did you come to me after always giving me a hard time?” He responded that what he saw of my actions, what he heard from my talk was a true testimony of Christ-likeness. In essence I was the Bible he was reading.

What an incredible blessing to know you are the instrument God used to bring a person into the Kingdom of God. Let me encourage you to be available to be that shelter for a non-believing friend. You may be who God uses to open the eyes of someone who has been blind and deaf to the Truth his whole life.