November 17, 2022 -- Proverbs 11:30 -- Being a winner, a soul-winner, in Jesus' Name

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The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who wins souls is wise.
Proverbs 11:30 NKJV

The character trait for today is “being a winner”. Not a whiner. Not a one who sets goals and neglects to adjust his living to meet them. Not one who has many half-finished projects tucked away in various storage places in the house. Nor the quitter. The winner stands in sharp contrast to all of this.

The one whose life is submitted to Jesus Christ has his life covered in the righteousness of Jesus. Such a person lives in thankfulness to Jesus. Such a person refuses to quit the pathway of God’s blessing, no matter how hard the road becomes. The righteous know their sins are fully forgiven and have been punished by God upon the Person of Jesus, His Son. So holiness has come at a very high cost. One who is a winner is one who examines his life, sees the defects and places where he’s veering off course, and readjusts so that he will stay the course. A winner sees his wrong-doing and sin and confesses these to God and asks Christian friends to hold him accountable in the way everlasting.

Living life as a winner makes one a soul winner. Your co-workers, family and friends, will see how you live for Jesus in the power of His Spirit and wonder what it is that you have, and they don’t. They’ll ask you about the noticeable changes in your life. As you credit the Father’s love, poured out on your life in Jesus Christ, and such love which is a sustained fountain of blessing in you by the Spirit Who lives in you, those who asked you, will seek to know Jesus also. Being a winner is one who is a soul-winner for God.
 

Oh God of Glory and Renown, may Your great Name be honoured in the life of Your people. O God of love and salvation, thank You for the tremendous salvation You have given in Jesus Christ. Blessed LORD, thank You for the work of Your Spirit, Who shines the light of the Word into the hearts of believers so that their lives are excised of sinful and wayward behavior and ever returned to the course of righteousness which has been set out for us in Jesus' powerful Name. Amen.

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