Welcome to Tuesday, July 20th!

Today’s episode of The Cross Talk Daily Devotional is titled:

Our Greatest Need!

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This is Pastor Warren Swanson - creator and host of the Serving Jesus Christ podcast site with your Tuesday, July 20th Cross Talk Daily Devotional.

May these words and thoughts bless you and provide you with ideas to think about as you live out this day!

Today's episode is titled:

Our Greatest Need!

Yesterday, as I was listening to a news commentary, the reporter stated what she perceived as genuine needs within the world. As one might expect, she said nothing about having a faith in Jesus Christ.

If we were to poll a group of random strangers on the street, what do you suppose their answers would be to these two questions:

1. What is the world’s greatest need?
2. What is your greatest need?

The first question might elicit responses such as:

The ending of hunger across the world and peace on earth by ending all wars. Others might say that we need to love and accept each other.

Now . . . we all would agree with these statements.

The second question of What is your greatest need? is a little more complicated. It might elicit responses such as:

My greatest need is more money, a better job, a new house, and etc.

This question might also evoke an emotional response such as I need a sense of purpose and joy in my life.

However, as we know, our greatest need - that which supersedes all these needs - is a relationship with Jesus Christ.

The trouble is that people often cannot see beyond the needs they feel. Their minds and lives are often consumed with thinking about their safety, where they belong in the world, and staying sane in this topsy-turvy world.

On top of that, the world is bombarded with message after message offering hope after hope. Book after book, seminar after seminar, and more podcasts than one can count claim to have the answers men and women are seeking.

What they need and who they need is Jesus Christ. That has always been the foundational need of people.

What keeps them from hearing this message? Now . . . Satan is actively working to blind the hearts of men and women. He always tries to stop the process of faith before it even begins.

However, think about the Apostle Paul’s words in:

Romans 10:13-14 NAS95

For "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."  [14]  How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?

The gospel is the vehicle through which salvation comes. It follows that a person cannot be saved unless he or she has heard of Jesus and what He has done for them.

How can a person know that Jesus Christ came to earth and died for his sins, and that Jesus Christ arose from the dead conquering death so that he might live eternally if no one has told him?

Each of us is the preacher that is talked about in these verses and is to bear witness to the Lord Jesus.

People are lost and will remain lost unless they hear of an answer to life that they can believe in.

Many reject any notion of the Christian faith because they lack good accurate information about our faith.

Think for a moment about all the people you know. While we are not to judge, we know whom among that group are probably Christians. By the same token, we also know whom among the group are not.

You are to be their preacher. Our greatest need was to be forgiven of our sins, so God sent us a Savior.

Go forth and share this Good News!

Let’s Pray,

Gracious Heavenly Father,

We are so blessed by knowing the Lord Jesus Christ.

We know that life has its ups and downs but that we can always trust in Him.

Strengthen our resolve to be the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus Christ in this lost world.

In the Name of Jesus,

Amen!