When I was a young preacher, full of head knowledge and, perhaps, a bit full of self, I thought I had to have the answer for everyone (whether they asked or not, by the way), fortunately, like so many young folks, I was sure I had all the answers.
As I matured a bit and began to truly see what people were missing in their lives or, more accurately, "Who" they were missing, I came to believe that I needed only to point people to the Answer.
As I have become much more seasoned and sprinkled more heavily with gray, I have have come to see that I need instead to be the Answer for those lost or hurting around me.
I finally, after decades of ministry and enough degrees to be a thermometer, truly understood that I was to be "the light of the world...[and]...let [my] light shine before others..." (Matt 5:14-16), or allow the Light of the Christ within shine on others.
If we, like the apostle Paul, "have been crucified with Christ and [we] no longer live but Christ lives in [us]," (Gal 2:20), then we are Christ for those with whom we come in contact and they see in us the Answer: Christ. People need the Lord - we must let them see Him in our words and deeds.
Jus' Sayn.
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