Man, it has been a while since my last post. I don't exactly know the reason for that. I suppose it's because I've tried to keep myself from being so critical all the time. I still do a lot of thinking, reading and listening but I try to glean the good things out of stuff instead of solely reading and listening to find that bad things.
I was at work yesterday and I was wearing a shirt from the FBCKM youth group. It's this years white "Amplify" t-shirt. On the front of the shirt it says amplify and there are 4 speakers. The speakers are separated and in between them it forms a cross. Pretty cool idea. On the back of the shirt in between the shoulder blades there is an oversized finger print and in the finger print there is a cross. The front of the shirt "screams" Amplify (make known) Christ. The back of the shirt though, really sticks out to me.
A fingerprint is a great form of identity. Sometimes when you cash a check they will ask you to put your fingerprint on the check. No one has a fingerprint like you. It's yours. It is the one and only. The cross in the fingerprint speaks volumes to the believer. That little symbol should remind us that our identity as a new creation is bound up in Christ. We no longer are our old self. When we are made new through the Gospel our identity isn't our old self anymore because that died with Christ. He rose from the grave and we are made new.
I also go to thinking about the symbol in a different way though. I don't know if the symbol was meant for this but I thought about it at work. Not only is your fingerprint your identity, but think about how many things you touch throughout the day. Think about all of the places that you leave your fingerprint throughout the day. Door knobs, computer buttons, hand shakes, whatever the case may be. We touch a lot of things. I felt a weight on my heart. The best thing in my life is that Christ has come into my life and changed me. That being the case, my new identity in Him is the best thing that I have to offer people. Think of how many times we have the opportunity to share the Good News with other people and leave our new "fingerprint" on someones life. Whether it be an encouraging word, or whether it be sharing the Gospel with someone.
Father, impress upon me the need to leave my "fingerprint" on the people I come in contact with. Let Your eyes be mine.
God speed,
a simple mind.
