DEVOTION: "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:" (2 Corinthians 3:2)

   "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:" (2 Corinthians 3:2)

"read of all men"  As Christians we need to be aware of the fact that people are watching us, sometimes by people that we don't know. If we are true to our faith in Christ we shouldn't need the general public to watch us to keep us on our spiritual toes but we are human. Salvation doesn't eliminate humanity out of our lives so we need all the accountability we can get to encourage our faith walk. We must always be aware that our highest accountability is to God.

I shared a story on Facebook about a young lady that recognized me as a Preacher in a store several miles from my home town. The story got a lot of "likes" and "comments", it is true that we need to live our faith at all places at all times. The first time that happened to me was around 1990 in a mall in Asheville, NC. Someone walked up to me and said, "You’re that Preacher I see on TV", I'm like, "excuse me"? I was thinking, I can't even hardly afford to buy a cheap television, much less afford to buy time slots on TV. The person was very sure it was me so we just let it go, walked away and I still remember what I said, "I'm famous and didn't even know it". It was a good laugh, and then we discovered that I was on TV, not only in North Carolina but several states. At the time we were traveling and preaching in a lot of churches, one of which that did have a TV Ministry. I knew they taped me, sold the videos to raise money for various ministries but had no idea that I was being aired in several states. In 1999 our ministry sponsored a crusade in Louisiana; it was taped and aired on several Christian Cable channels in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. Over a year later, we were in Olive Garden in Monroe, LA, a server says, "You're that Preacher on TV", I responded, "I have been, but it was over a year ago in this area". She replies, "O' no, you were on last week", I said, "Well it was a re-run"!!  There you have it, I've been so famous that they are playing re-runs and I didn't even know it. LOL.  The moral of these stories are, we shouldn't take ourselves too seriously but we need to be very serious about our Savior, Jesus Christ.  As Paul said, we are letters, read of men. When people read your letter, what are they reading about your life? They are reading you, whether you want them to or not, let's give them some good reading material. BTW, you can always start the letter over; it's called a new beginning in Jesus.

Pastor Scott L. Boatner

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