It Doesn't Matter

The three words in the title, “It Doesn’t Matter,” are words Satan uses to pacify our subconscious.  Subtly, he infiltrates our minds and causes us to somehow justify something we want or something we want to do.  It’s his way of deceiving our better judgement.  It’s a deception straight from the bowels of hell.

Doing what is right in the sight of God matters.  Living a Christian life matters.  Loving God with all our heart, mind, and soul matters.  When God gives us an opportunity to reach someone for Christ, that opportunity matters.  And what we choose not to do matters. 

The command to “love your neighbor as yourself” appears in both the Old and New Testaments, spoken by Jesus in Matthew 22:39.  To love our neighbors as ourselves really matters.

In my mind, this last commandment is sometimes harder to put into action than it is to write about—how we could do better.  It takes courage to witness about Jesus’ love.  Sometimes it’s easier to procrastinate than to wade out into the depths of the unknown: How will they receive my attempt to share the Good News that Jesus died on a cross for their sins?

I say again, it takes courage to be His voice and His hands, outstretched to those who need salvation.  But this is our promise: the Holy Spirit will fill our mouths with exactly what people need to hear.  And remember this: God has already prepared their hearts to receive the Words of Life.

(Matthew 10:20), “…for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.”

I believe it is a Christian’s duty and responsibility to be ready and willing to stand in the gap when the time to share God’s Word presents itself.  God will never leave us to witness in our own strength.  As we yield to His leading, we will be astounded by the power our anointed words can have.  I have experienced this, firsthand.

(1 Peter 3:15), “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord.  Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.  But do this with gentleness and respect.”

You know what they say: “Action speaks louder than words.”  Doing nothing to win others for Christ may reveal our weakness as believers, reminding us that we need to pray for more boldness.

We can easily become too busy doing our own thing and miss opportunities to share the magnificence of Jesus Christ and the difference He makes in our lives.  Sharing Christ gives others the opportunity to receive Him as their Lord and Savior. 

We can do it.  The Holy Spirit enables us to do so.  We simply have to be willing vessels that He can flow through.

(2 Timothy 2:21), “Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the Master of the house, ready for every good work.”

It does matter that we become aware of those who are lost—those who are without Jesus in their hearts. 

When I read the following Scripture in James 4:17, I find myself wanting to breeze right over it and hurry on to another verse.  It gives us a warning that is quite clear—but do we really hear it?  I have to stop and consider the truth of this verse and allow myself to take in all that it is saying to me, personally.

It becomes real to me that it matters to God that we give of ourselves to others and love them with the love He has shown us.  We cannot simply say, “It doesn’t matter,” when we read these words: “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” 

Those words leave little room for us to excuse our inaction.  If we know what is right and have the opportunity to do good, God calls us to respond.  What we choose not to do matters, too.

Written by,

Papa Boyd