Pastor's Corner

for Sunday January 30th
“But thanks be to God, who made us his captives and leads us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now wherever we go he uses us to tell others about the Lord and to spread the Good News like a sweet perfume.” (2 Cor. 2:14) This is an unusual metaphor because, usually, being lead along as a captive was a humiliating experience. It meant that you were defeated and conquered and therefore an object of scorn. But with Jesus this is a victorious picture because Jesus is showing to everybody, both in this world and in the unseen world, “Look! I’ve freed another one!” “Look! Another sinner made righteous! Another broken heart is healed! Another pair of eyes that were blind but now they see!” We are God’s miracles on display! God wants people to look at us so that they will have hope, so that they will believe that they too can experience the miracle of God for themselves. It is an awesome thing to realize that people are watching me and I can have a positive impact on the life of another person! If you boldly live the miracle of God’s grace in your life, someone will see, and their life may be changed. So let us be a "sweet perfume", a miracle of God’s grace before a watching world.
Pastor Don