Mark 1:5-6 (NIV)
5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of
6 John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
Why was it that everyone went out to see this man in the desert? What was it about him that compelled them to leave their homes and listen to his message? I have to believe they saw a man speaking with conviction and whose life matched the words he spoke. Here was a man that was not after status or the praise of men, but was focused on his mission and message. The people saw something quite different in this man. They heard from his lips of the new thing that God was about to do. They recognized from this authentic life words that were truly spoken. God used John in a mighty way, pointing others to Christ.
Authentic lives still speak today. Nothing speaks louder to others or is more likely to have an impact on some else’s life than the way we live ours day to day. We are just as much in a desert as was John long ago. There is a great need and thirst for the word of God, the living water, in our world. Today your life will speak to someone. The question is: What would you have it say?
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