Malachi 3:1-4
Most of you know I work at a high school. At the age of 50, which is what I am, watching different interactions in today's high school remind me of exactly how it was when I was in high school. None of these interactions is more fun to watch than the , "Go tell him/her for me" one.
You all know what I'm talking about. "What if she turns me down?" "No, I don't want to, what if he laughs at me?" "I can't, I'm too nervous." "Please, you go ask for me." Words we have all heard or said at one time or another between the ages of 13 and 18.
Eventually our friends came to our rescue and as it turned out everything was okay. We could've done it ourselves and everything would've been all right. It's just that at the time we really felt like we needed someone to speak for us about that which we felt unsure; our deepest secrets and emotions.
Even as adults we feel like we need someone to prepare the way for us when it becomes time to expose our deepest emotions. We just never know how someone is going to react, and the last thing we want is to be ridiculed for how we honestly feel. The good news is we have someone who is more than willing to go before us to help prepare not just the situation we'll be going into, but to also prepare us.
The knowledge that we have a God who loves us regardless of what we do or who we are combined with the realization we have a best friend in Jesus who walks at our side through everything we do brings with it the courage we need to face anything. All we need is the faith that God believes in us.
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