{Guest Post | Lauren Faye}

[1 Corinthians 9:16]

“When you arrive in heaven, I wonder if Christ might say, "Because of you, others are here today. Wanna meet 'em?" –Max Lucado

I posted the Max Lucado quote to my Facebook this past week when I saw it on someone else’s.  It stopped me in my tracks when I read it.  I sat back and really thought about that question.  If I were to go to Heaven right now, would I look around and see anyone who is there because of me?  Is there anyone who will walk the streets of gold with me because I shared the gospel to them?

Last night, I read the verse from 1 Corinthians where Paul tells us that preaching the gospel gives us no ground for boasting.  He says that it is a NECESSITY laid upon us.  I thought about this in relation to the quote by Max Lucado.  If it is a necessity that we preach the gospel, then there is no question that there should be people in our presence in Heaven there because of us.

We are not “encouraged” to preach the gospel.  It is not a suggestion.  It is a commandment.  It is necessary to fulfill the role as followers of Christ.  If we have truly been saved, our lives have been changed, and it is our duty to share that with those around us, so that they may come to know Jesus, too.

Though sharing the gospel and witnessing with your testimony is the best way to share God’s word, we can do so in our everyday lives, everywhere we go, too.  We are called to be changed people.  Our every move should be a reflection of the change God made in our hearts.  The way we respond to that coworker, the attitude we have toward the work we have to do, the way we speak to one another.  One of my favorite quotes used to be on the back of an FCA tshirt and said “Witness always.  Use words if you have to.”

We should be a reflection of who Christ is every single minute of every day.  It is an absolute NECESSITY that we are.  Because I don’t know about you, but when I get to Heaven I want to see a crowd so thick that I can’t see through them of people who are there because of me.

{Lauren Faye Bond, Guest Post}