“So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, “If you continue to accept and obey my teaching, you are really my followers. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”” (John 8:31-32 Easy-to-Read Version)
In spite of the fact that the MLK Holiday has passed, we need to keep on talking about freedom. Yes, we need to still lift up our voices and sing! Yes, we still need to be active in some form, whether it be in terms of going to the polls, pleading by letter to your government representatives, letting them know that we support their efforts to provide us with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If necessary, at time we will have to put our feet on the grounds and keep on marching, not letting anything turn us around. Yes, at times we must protest in the right way, the right way being defined in our constitution.
But there is something else we must do as believers. In spite of the fact that the designated, deserved holiday where we celebrated the life of a great man in our history has passed by, seeming held in abeyance, unfortunately, for another year, there is something we must do in another spectrum of life.
You see, we as believers; we need to continue to influence people by our words, and our actions; influence people by our deeds and our distinct actions; influence people by the similitudes described by our Savior in the closing verses and influencing people to continue to accept and obey Jesus’s teachings. In spite of the fact that Monday has passed and today has arrived, we must continue revealing ourselves as true followers of Christ. This will not only will help us advance spiritually personally, but lost souls will come to know the truth by your witness in word and deed and be made free. Think on these words. Be blessed!
“You are the salt for everyone on earth. But if salt no longer tastes like salt, how can it make food salty? All it is good for is to be thrown out and walked on. You are the light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden, and no one lights a lamp and puts it under a clay pot. Instead, it is placed on a lampstand, where it can give light to everyone in the house. Make your light shine, so others will see the good you do and will praise your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:13-16 Contemporary English Version)
Committed to the climb,
Mark L. King