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The Burning
Bush Devotional
06.19.14
Just
One Person
The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and
said to the men, “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could
this be the Christ?” Then they went out of the city and came to Him. - John
4:28-30.
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of
the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” So when
the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed
there two days. And many more believed because of His own word. - John 4:39-41.
And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed
begged Him that he might be with Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but
said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord
has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” And he departed and
began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all
marveled. - Mark 5:18-20.
Yacouba
Sawadogo of northern Burkina Faso is known as the man who stopped the desert.
Yacouba used an ancient practice known as Zai to plant trees. The practice
worked and in 20 years he successfully grew a forest of 30 acres where before it
had been a completely barren area. Others took notice and began to use the same
techniques for planting trees as Yacouba used. Chris
Reji, a natural resources management specialist says, “Tens of
thousands of hectares of land that was completely unproductive has been made
productive again thanks to the techniques of Yacouba.” The
determined efforts of one man have halted the advance of the desert and saved
the livelihoods of countless families. (Wikipedia, National Geographic
Magazine, Permaculture Magazine)
One
person helped to stop a desert. One person can point many others to Jesus and
hold back the barren desert of spiritual darkness. The woman at the well of John 4 did exactly that. Once she understood and
believed nothing could stop her from telling others about Jesus. The people of
her city knew this woman’s life had been transformed and they poured out of the
city to find Jesus for themselves. The former demoniac of Mark 5 and Luke 8 was
left behind by Jesus. Jesus had to leave, but he left behind a man determined
to tell everyone he possibly could about the great things that Jesus had done
in his life. This one man went through the ten independent city states of
Decapolis proclaiming Jesus, “and all marveled.”
One
man, Jonah, after being in the belly of the great fish, was a man determined to
proclaim the message God had given him. It was enough to turn thousands upon
thousands of people to God and spare an entire nation from God’s destruction. Saul, who became
the apostle Paul after being struck blind on the road to Damascus, would let
nothing stop him from sharing the truth about Jesus.
The
woman of John 4, the man of Mark 5, Jonah, and the apostle Paul were absolutely
fearless in delivering the good news of Jesus. Nothing could stop them from
sharing the truth about their Lord. Just one man, just one woman can transform
the world around them when they are empowered by the Spirit of God. What about
your world? Is the world around you different, better, since Jesus came into
your life?
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