AN OPEN BOOK

You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered by us. You weren’t written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You weren’t written on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. ~He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not based on what is written but on the Spirit, because what is written kills, but the Spirit gives life. 

2 Corinthians 3:3 & 6

I have met people who hold things close to their hearts. It isn't easy to get a response that is of any real depth. On the other hand, I have met people who are open books. Their problem is not giving short answers but quite the opposite. Their explanations can be utterly lengthy in divulging all information with every detail. 

God made all kinds of people with different personalities--some quiet, some refined, some boisterous, some funny, some shy, some crude, and so forth. These different personalities are all melted together to make one beautiful narrative of God's workmanship; each human is complementing the other to be a balanced story.

One area that Christians need to embrace is the adoption of an open-book policy concerning our demonstration of Christ. The world needs to see our relationship with God through Jesus Christ in action.  We do not need a megaphone to proclaim Christ. We do not need ink or a tablet of paper because written on our hearts is the Spirit of the living God. We do not need an outgoing personality, merely a heart of compassion. The Holy Spirit will reveal His love through us to the world. 

God delivered His love letter to us through Jesus Christ. He made us new with His life written on the pages of our hearts, lifting us from our disparity of sin. We should open our book to let His love overflow to all people with every kind of personality to show that we are ministers of the new covenant, qualified by the Spirit working through us to bring life to the world.

Dear Father, Help me to praise you by being an open book of your love to the world. In Christ Jesus, I pray, Amen.