Fans and Faith on Display

Just yesterday I was traveling from store to store looking for a tower fan for our living room. I visited four different businesses who carried fans and I was surprised that most were not plugged in at all, if they were even out of the box. The only fan that was plugged in was about $300 higher than the competition. The fan seemed to work great, just not great enough to earn THAT price (It’s a FAN, people, come on). So I was left with several fans to choose from, none of which I could try out or experience for myself. I checked internet reviews to see which was rated the highest and what the pros and cons were for each model. I wanted a fan that was quiet, powerful, and had the option to oscillate. Eventually I found one that seemed to have those qualities, and I made the purchase. After arriving home and turning it on, I was pleased. The fan was everything I hoped for.

It took around two hours to figure out which fan was the one worth purchasing. It could have taken 5 minutes if they were PLUGGED IN AND WORKING. That’s the power of a DISPLAY. It allows you in a few minutes to understand what would otherwise take hours.

Is your faith on display? To a lost soul searching for the truth, 5 minutes of displayed faith is powerfully convincing. We spend an awful lot of time talking about being faithful to Christ, we sing songs about walking with Him and following His example. All that good may be inside of you, and you may think about lots of ways to display your faith, but unless you plug your faith in it’s not going to do you any good, and the searching soul will never see it. Instead of living unplugged, boxed up lives, let’s plug in our faith and put in on display. Here’s some ideas:

• There will be someone in your way in the grocery store. Introduce yourself and invite them to worship with you.
• When you’re getting gasoline, introduce yourself and ask the person on the other pump if they’ve obeyed the gospel. They may be searching for answers you have found!
• When you sign the receipt at a store or restaurant, write your phone number and Acts 2:38 in the white space. Who knows what could happen?

Let’s get creative. Seek out ways to make contact with the lost, put your faith on display for them to see, and share the results with your brethren on Sunday and Wednesday to encourage them to put their faith on display. Together we can win this world to Christ!

⁸ This is a trustworthy statement; and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and profitable for men. –Titus 3:8 (NASB95)