2 Timothy 4
1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and
in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:
2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and
encourage--with great patience and careful instruction.
3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit
their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what
their itching ears want to hear.
4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an
evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
In the year 2004 I meet Jorge who became a good friend, and little did I knew that his friendship would change my life forever, my friend and his family became impactful in my life, and as our friendship grew it led to many conversations about Jesus. We would meet for tacos after school at a little meat market around the corner from hour High School, as we meet every Tuesday for many weeks our conversations would always lead to Jesus and salvation, and after a long season of meeting for tacos, finally one day he invited me to his house to a cell group to have bible study, and to be honest I don’t believe I would have accepted the invitation if it wasn’t for the friendship we had developed over the months thanks to tacos.
This reminds me of the words “To be ready to share the Gospel in season and out of season” The apostle Paul reminds Timothy to always be ready, How does this apply to us today? What is to be in season or out of season? For many the belief is that in order to share the gospel, there must be a set-up, like a bible study or at church, but we must always be ready to share, maybe the way we will start the conversations about the salvation of Jesus to our friends, may be as simple as sharing tacos in a little meat market. So next time we meet an acquaintance or a friend for a meal, lets take the opportunity for it may be the day that will lead to the conversations about Jesus, but if we are not ready to share because we find ourselves out of season and we are not ready to share, we will miss a great opportunity to share the gospel. My life was changed for ever, and my journey with Jesus started with a simple question “Do you want to get tacos with me?” And because I said yes to that invitation to share tacos it led me to finding Jesus the savior of my soul.
May we take every opportunity to share the gospel even when it seems minimal or simple, for God uses the simple to show his glory and you may be surprised that it can be as simple as sharing tacos. “But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry” Amen.
Pastor Luis