Colossians 4:5-6 New Living Translation (NLT)
5 Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make
the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be gracious and
attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.
Our lives are to be examples to others. We are to live in
such a way people recognize there is a difference in us and that difference is
Christ living through us.
David Brainerd, the great missionary to the American
Indians, was on one occasion witnessing to a chief, who was very close to
deciding for Christ. But he held back; there was some pause or hesitation.
Brainerd got up, took a stick, drew a circle in the soft earth about the chief,
and said, "Decide before you cross that line." Why this passion and
urgency? Because Brainerd recognized that at that moment, that chief was close
to God. If he missed that moment, he might never be so close again.
[Bruce Thielemann, "Tide Riding," Preaching
Today, Tape No. 30.]
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