A Stranger Beside Me

The first night I met my husband to be – I never really met him. Let me explain. I was having lunch on a work break with my best friend, Shelley and her boyfriend, Lance. Lance had a friend there – my mysterious crush…

We sat at the same table, we ate the same food, we were shoulder to shoulder for over an hour. Yet, we were never introduced.

How often does that same situation happen with people who seemingly know Christ. They attend a church service, or go to a church social, have friends who know Christ – but, they never really meet Christ. Perhaps their friends never introduce them to Christ.

Are you that person, or are you the friend. Think of the responsibility we have as Christians to share about the One who saves.

In my case with this crush, the worst that could have happened was probably that I would never be introduced to this man. Therefore I would not have had a date with him; a minor consequence to say the least, in the big scheme of life.

But, think of the consequences of not introducing a friend to Christ. Is an eternity in Hell worth saving you a little embarrassment, or fear of rejection?

How about those around you, have you introduced them to your best friend, Jesus Christ?

Do you attend church to worship the One who saves or are you simply visiting and being social?

"If you love me, show it by doing what I've told you. I will talk to the Father, and he'll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can't take him in because it doesn't have eyes to see him, doesn't know what to look for. But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you! John 14:15-17 (The Message)