11/4/13:

TFTD: “Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” Colossians 4:5-6

If I were to tell you that I had the key to a happy and content life you would probably want me to tell you what it was right? I could sell it as a get rich quick scheme, or write a self-help book to draw all sorts of attention to the fact that I held the key to a happy and content life. I would probably have to make a video and all sorts of resources because I’d want as many people to know it and everyone would get it differently. I could label it “The life you could only imagine!” or something along those lines, and then tell people that the secret could be theirs for only 3 easy payments of $99.95 right? Well what if I told you that I DO have the key to a happy and content life, and you can to. The key is faith in Jesus Christ.

We all hold the key to a happy and content life it’s just a matter of what we do with it and how we address it to others who don’t have the key yet. So what do you do for a living? Are you a teacher? Business man? Coach? Manager? How often do you come in contact with others who are unbelievers? Probably every day right? We are given ample opportunity to share the key to life every day, but when we are talking to unbelievers it’s tough. That is why Paul writes in Colossians that we need to let our “speech always be gracious” and “seasoned with salt”. We need to approach those who don’t know Christ in a way that isn’t forceful or abrasive but rather in a kind and gentle way knowing that all we have to do is plant a seed that the Holy Spirit can grow. So get out there, and share that free gift of happiness and contentment!

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” –Frederick Douglass