Loud and Clear

DEVOTION
1 THESSALONIANS
LOUD AND CLEAR
1 Thess 1:8-10
8 The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia — your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, 9 for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead — Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
NIV
Does my faith ring out loud and clear and is known everywhere? Am I loud enough? Not loud in the sense of the strength of my voice but the strength of my faith. Do I live my faith out loud? Do I tell of God’s mighty work in my life, saving me from a life of sin and doomed to destruction to a life of righteousness in Christ and eternal life? Do I tell everyone I meet of this powerful act of love and grace toward me? Do I tell of how much I trust God to provide all my needs according to his riches? Do I live that kind of faith out loud in front of people? Do they see and know of my faith and trust in God? Could they say to me I need to trust God more? Could they say I need to have more faith? I do trust God for everything, including my own life. All I have and all I am are all because of him. He has done so much for me, in me and through me how could I not always tell of his love toward me. I believe I speak up; I am not silent about his activity in my life. I believe people do know about my faith. Maybe not everywhere, but everywhere I am. Maybe someday more people will know about my faith after reading all the words I have written. Maybe someday, should the lord tarry, my faith will be know in more places. I know I do not have as many years as I already have had to tell of the story, to demonstrate faith and hope in Jesus Christ. Yet I know for as many years I have left I will wait for Jesus coming from heaven to gather me home. I will not grow weary of waiting. I will not grow tired of telling the story of how he rescued me, how he changed my life, and how he is working in my life every day. I will continue to praise my God loud and clear.