21 Days of Prayer and Fasting: DeeperSample

Start Where You Are

Key Verse: You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father. - Matthew 5:14-16

A good place to start changing our world is right where we are.

For Jesus, by the Sea of Galilee was one of his ‘go to’ places to teach and minister. It was here that His world overlapped with the world of some of His disciples who were fishermen. For Simon Peter and his fishermen friends, the shore, the boats berthed in shallow waters, the nets and the deeper waters of the Sea of Galilee were all part of the world they were very familiar with.

Jesus stepped into the fishing world of Simon Peter and gained his trust progressively. First, by the shore, then with the use of his boat and later, in shallow waters.. Finally when Jesus challenged the disciples to move their boats into the deep after a fruitless night of fishing, they obeyed and experienced a miraculous haul of fish!

Today, start wherever God has placed you. Trust God for the wisdom, boldness and opportunities to bring God’s love into your neighbourhood, your school or workplace and the lives of your family members. God has placed you there for a purpose and has given you the keys to impact lives there.

As a teacher, I remember doing my best to answer questions from my students on some of life’s challenges they faced. Years later, I met a former student who decided to follow Jesus after she had left college. She reported that something I said to her in school had impacted her and caused her to desire to know Christ more. Eventually, she accepted Him into her life.

Start shining brightly where you are at and with what you have and let God astound you!

Response

Take some time today to declare blessings over persons in your world who do not know Him. Ask God to soften their hearts and pray for opportunities to speak God’s wisdom and love into their lives.