"Make 'Em Jealous"

“Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples…But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”  John 20, NIV

 

Standing at the fish counter at Meijer’s in Troy, I was privileged to meet a sweet-little-old, Italian woman; her sweet- little-old Italian brother; and his wife.  They were examining the salmon.  In their native Italian, it sounded like a family fight.  Speaking a language I don’t often hear around these parts, I asked where they were from.  While one ended up being a neighbor of mine in Sidney, the others still lived in Italy, but had just come back from attending the Olympics in Vancouver.  I remarked how beautiful the scenes were on TV, especially in HD.  Weren’t they awesome?  They, though, said it didn’t even compare to being there.  I believed them.  You should have seen the glow in their eyes.  They were still beaming like little kids…uh, little Italian kids.  Made me all the more wish I had been there.

 

Make them jealous.  Does your faith in Christ make people want more?  The disciples of old didn’t just fill positions.  They weren’t the local institutional reps of a dying denomination.  They were fellow travelers with Jesus and had actually been there...with Him, in all of the glorious detail.  They not only witnessed it, but had experienced it and were still feasting off the joy. 

 

May your faith illicit the same passionate resolve in others.  If it doesn’t, maybe it’s time to go somewhere in YOUR journey that brings a child’s excitement to your soul all over again.

 

Thriving in Christ with you,

 

Chris