A BOLD SPIRIT --- CONTINUE

3 -- TRUST IN YHVH:

A TV program preceding the 1998 Winter Olympics featured blind skiers being trained for slalom skiing, as impossible as that might sound. Paired with sighted skiers, the blind skiers were taught on the flats how to make right and left turns. When that was mastered, they were taken to the slalom slope, where their sighted partners skied beside them, shouting [Left!] and [Right!] As they obeyed the commands, they were able to negotiate the course and cross the finish line, depending solely on the sighted skier’s word. It was either complete trust or catastrophe. The same is true for us as we work on acquiring the boldness necessary to tell the story of Yeshua Moshiach. Yeshua asks us to trust Him as we travel down the mountain; to rely on His presence as we are fulfilling the task, He has given to us. YHVH has given us the responsibility to share the story, but He has not abandoned us in the telling of it. He is right here with us, every step of the way. [Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have Commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.] -- Matthew 28:19-20. Here we have the [Great Commission], the marching orders of Moshiach for the church of every generation. He tells us to go, make disciples, baptize and teach. But He also gives us this Word of assurance; He will always be with us as we work toward the fulfilment of His Kingdom goals. In Acts 1:8, Yeshua promised His disciples and in turn promised us that: [But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.] If you are a believer you have received the gift of Ruach HaKodesh and with that gift come both the companionship and the power of YHVH to tell others the story of Yeshua Moshiach. Ruach HaKodesh is given specifically to empower our message. Later in the book of Acts the disciples were having a prayer meeting: [And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spoke the Word of YHVH with boldness. -- Acts 4:31. We can trust YHVH to empower us to tell the story. If I thought this was something I had to do in my own power, I would never open my mouth, but when I know that YHVH is with me, you cannot shut me up.

4 -- EXPERIENCE THE RESULTS:

On his night job at a fast food’s outlet, a 17-year-old was taking orders at the drive-thru window. He heard a woman scream, turned and saw a very pregnant woman standing in front of him. The high school student pulled off his headset, called the paramedics and tried to make the woman comfortable, but the baby wouldn’t wait. [The baby’s head just popped out into my hands,] he said. Paramedics finally arrived, took baby and parents to the hospital. The 17-year-old cleaned up, [sterilized my hands about a thousand times,] and finished his shift. He said that this event changed his perspective. [Things have been pretty bad in my life lately and then I got to do this. I’m really glad.] There is nothing like being a part of bringing new life into the world to change your outlook. I cannot put into words the joy, the satisfaction, the overwhelming sense of being used by YHVH that takes place when the person you have shared your story with makes a decision to follow Yeshua Moshiach. Not everyone is going to make that decision; some will reject the message and decide not to follow. But some will hear your story, will accept Moshiach as Saviour and Adonai and will then have their own story to tell. And when that happens, you will realize that every time you stumbled and stammered, every time you wondered if YHVH could really use you, every time that you were scared to death to tell the story, it was worth it all. Someone who would not have been in the Kingdom now is because you were bold enough to tell them about Yeshua Moshiach.