Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Jesus said to them, ‘If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Thursday, March 3, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
I don’t think it’s my job to convince anyone to become a Christian. Maybe that’s controversial. I don’t know. What I do know is that it is, without question, my job to proclaim my faith through my actions in the world. What actions? Those that demonstrate love of God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love for neighbor as myself. Work for justice for the marginalized and oppressed, work for the restoration and preservation of God’s creation, unconditional love for everyone I come into contact with (none of which I do perfectly, of course).
Even if others don’t believe what I believe, they will perhaps recognize that my Christianity is what informs these actions. And those actions are far more persuasive than anything I would ever have to say about Jesus. At that point, what they believe is between them and God.
Do I think it’s my job to bring people to Jesus? Why or why not?