Be Ready To Answer

But in your hearts set apart 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 & respect, (1 Peter 3:15 NIV)

Todays world is in desperate need of hope.  Too often we look to athletes, celebrities, politicians, & political parties as our hope.  Those people even with their best efforts will let us down & should not be where our hope lies.  But if Jesus Christ is Lord of our lives, we have hope.  Not only hope but hope that does not fail.  Since we have that hope, we should go through life looking like we know that Hope.  When the rest of the world is worried about the economy, world situations, sickness, etc., we need to know that our God is not dependent on what is going on with those things.  He is Lord of all.  If we face life victoriously, others will wonder why we aren't stressed about the things that bother them.  That is when we have the opportunity to share about our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.  Share your hope with them.  Do it with love & respect.  The world is looking for hope & its up to us to show them where our hope comes from. Its up to us to show them how we can have hope in hopeless situations.  Jesus Christ is our hope.  He died on the cross & was raised again so that we could have that hope.  Remember, our Hope never fails.