What has God done for you?
by Pastor Peter Bean
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Tell people how much God has done for you (Luke 8:39a).
Read Luke 8:26–39
Don’t know about you, but I’m not really good at telling people, one on one, about my faith. But, then, this is not what Jesus tells the healed man to do. Rather, it is simply: tell people how much God has done for you.
Obviously, the man in this parable has an amazing tale to tell. Having demons cast out, regaining his right mind. I think it’s fair to presume most of us don’t have a story to tell like that. But the thing is, each of us does have a story. A sad truth is that in our church, and most churches, we’ve done a good job of disempowering anyone except the ordained from telling what God has done for them.
Yet God has done something(s) for each one of us. Each of us is unique, has lived our own lives, and has our own story. What is yours? For a few, it might be as amazing and life-changing as the man healed from demons. For many, if not most of us, we might consider our story quite mundane. We’ve lived an ordinary life.
What has God done for me? Apart from the obvious, correct answer, that is! Even if your life is mundane, God is at work in you – and in your life. Most often, God works in ordinary ways; will we stop and see that? Will we stop and listen for the Spirit moving among us? Will we experience Jesus present in us and our neighbour? Think about that for a moment, and then consider how you can tell what God has done for you.
Some of you will use words. Others will ‘tell’ by the way they live their lives. Still, others will share what God has done by sharing their joy at a brilliant sunset or sunrise.
We’ve all been healed; we’ve all been made new. We each have a God story to share. Be brave and try to do that today in the way that works for you.
Generous Healer, heal me! Open my eyes and ears to what you have done. Help me discover the best way to share what you have done for me. Amen.
In the early months of the year, Peter is often out in the garden, watering, picking and pruning – chasing the birds away from his fruit! Or he is indoors – stewing, drying, preserving. Peter also enjoys walking his dog, riding his bike, reading and spending time with his family. To keep out of mischief, Peter says he is currently teaching himself to play the piano and is writing a paraphrase of each of the Psalms – now up to Psalm 56.
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