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Marketplace Meditations
by Os Hillman
Monday, November 15, 2004
Real Customer Service
While they were going out a man, who was demon-possessed and could not
talk, was brought to Jesus.
Matthew 9:32
Years ago, it was not uncommon to have your milk delivered to your home.
Doctors made house calls. And when you made a call to a company to
discuss a problem, you actually spoke to a human being. Those days of
personal service are gone, and if we are not careful, we will follow the
same trend in how we share the gospel.
So often we are encouraged to bring people to church. Yet, we see no
examples of where Jesus brought people into the synagogue to get them
saved or healed. The miracles happened more often in the workplace
because that was where Jesus could be found. Jesus had less response and
found more resistance in the synagogue than in the workplace. He took
the gospel to and modeled the gospel in the workplace. That is where the
power of God was manifested. This is not to say we should not bring
people to church, only that our priority should be to bring the Church
into the workplace, not bring the workplace into the church.
Paul understood this when he said,
�My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,
but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might
not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power� (1 Corinthians 2:4).
Paul understood that it wasn't words that impacted people; it was the
power of God manifested through him.
When is the last time someone saw something happen through your life
that could not be explained other than God working in your life? When
you begin to see this happen, you will be modeling ministry as Jesus
modeled it. You will be bringing the Church to the people, not the
people to the church. Pray that God makes you a vessel of His power, not
simply a vessel of words.
How to weave evangelism into your life at work�
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all Christians who may not think they have a gift for evangelism but
want their lives to have an impact on the people around them. It
describes evangelism as a process and helps readers understand how their
skills and God-given gifts can easily be used to draw customers,
clients, and coworkers to new life in Jesus Christ.
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