When I walked up to this watermelon stand on South Street this past summer they knew how to sell watermelon. They could tell me about them and how good they were. They knew what they were selling. Hmmmm! Do you know what you are selling, do you really want to sell it? Do you put the heart of your product out for everyone to see?
18:13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
God calls us to be humble in all we do. In prayer, in serving, in giving and in living we are to be His humble servants. Sometimes I wonder if we use scripture like this to be so humble we will not pray in public at all. We use it as an excuse to not be bold in our witness. We claim it as a way to get out of doing all we can to convince/convict others of the love Jesus has for this world. We can be bold in our home churches in our witness and we are meek as little lambs when we get out among those who do not know Jesus or need His help to realign their lives. God really does love us and needs us to let everyone know of His love. John 3:16 tells us just how much God loves us. How much He wants to be with us through out our lives on this earth and with us through out eternity.
Carry the love of God out into the world but don’t be so timid or so humble that those in this world will not see a Christian but will see someone who doesn’t seem to know what he/she believes.
Have a great weekend and be bold in your witness but humble in your spirit,
Randy
Wesley United Methodist Church, Orange TX 
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