Divine Appointments
I love music. I love to listen to it, play it, sing it at the top of my lungs.
I don’t have a specific style of music I like. I listen to punk, pop rock, worship, jazz, funk, lounge–pretty much anything with a band.
One of my favorite bands is a funk-soul group out of St. Louis, MO called Fundamental Elements. My brother introduced me to them in college, and I was hooked immediately. Not only is their music phenomenal, but they’re great guys too.
This morning I was at my favorite local joint and showed one of the employees this amazing video of FE’s bassist and playing one of their songs. She loved them and immediately “liked” them on Facebook.
It was cool to share a band with someone and have them catch on and enjoy them as well. But as I basked in the joy of my accomplishment, God spoke to me these words, “You feel so good spreading the fame of a good band with someone who didn’t know them, but what have you done recently to spread the name of Jesus with someone who doesn’t know Him?”
Wow! I felt like the wind was knocked out of me. It was so easy for me to find an opportunity to bring up a band I liked into conversation, but when was the last time I found a way to bring up Jesus? How many opportunities have I missed? How many times have I shied away because I was too scared?
You see we love to talk about music we like or a movie we saw or this new restaurant that people just have to try, but we rarely mention Jesus at all to people who don’t know Him. I’ve heard it said that we talk about what we love. Could this be a sign that we don’t love Jesus the way we should?
Each encounter with a lost person is an opportunity to introduce them to the One who can give them the best life possible. Why would we pass that up?
Let’s commit to making the most of every opportunity and talking about our hobbies a little less and our Savior a little more.
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