Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - How the Everyday Becomes Eternal - #8370

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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One hour before our friend Linda called for prayer, she, her husband and brother - valued co-laborers in God's work, had just been in a serious accident - a triple rollover. Her husband, Scott, had been sleeping in the backseat and he'd been rushed from the scene with massive injuries. Linda was injured herself, but at least she was able to call. She commented that the accident had given her the opportunity to talk to five of the first responders about a relationship with Christ. A few days later, as her husband was in one of several major surgeries he needed, her daughter wrote, "Right now, Mom is sitting with a technician, telling him about Jesus."

I'm Ron Hutchcraft, and that is pretty amazing. But this is a lady who understands that wherever Christ puts us, we're His ambassadors. God is always using our situation to match us up with people who need His Son, and who need one of His ambassadors to tell them about Him. Paul said, "Pray...that...I will fearlessly make know the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains" (Ephesians 6:19-20 ).

Now, most people would have complained about being in prison unjustly. Paul chose to see his chains as God's positioning of him to tell some people about Jesus. In this case, some of Caesar's guards who were chained to him four hours a day. Later we read about believers in Caesar's household! Because a man knew that our life situation, however good or bad, is a God-given opportunity to help someone there be in heaven with us. And that turns your everyday stuff into something eternal!

This radio program references: Ephesians 6:19-20