Who Do You Think You Are?

“I, Simon Peter, am a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ.” 2 Pt. 1:1

When meeting someone for the first time, how do you introduce yourself? No doubt you give them your name, but then what? Do you announce your job title? Hoping you do something that makes more money than they do? Do you list your accomplishments, thinking you will impress them?

Confession time: After I retired at age 55, I couldn’t wait for people to ask me what I did for a living. I wanted to inform them that I was retired and then wait and watch for them to put two and two together. Meaning they would look at my hair and see that it wasn’t grey or silver, and then they would ask, “How old are you?” When I told them my age, they would seem to look impressed, as if I were independently wealthy. I’m not! I would then feel bad or embarrassed and begin to tell them that it was God who made it all possible.

These days, I listen to them as they try to impress me. I usually don’t say much about what I do unless I am asked. Instead, I would rather the individual getting to know me get to know “what” I am, and that is, a servant of Jesus Christ.

If given the opportunity, I share with them what God is teaching me, doing in my life, and some of the opportunities He has recently given me to serve him by loving on people as He would. My goal now is to make my conversations about God and his great love. I listen to the other person and watch for opportunities to interject how God could help them or make their life better by trusting him. It is a job responsibility I cherish.

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