CHAPPY’S PIT STOP

YOUR WITNESS. Words: Steve

I’m writing this as I prepare to head out to act, what we say, what we find entertaining, Vegas for the annual Vegas-to-Reno race and how we carry ourselves overall. If there by Best In The Desert. I have only been is no difference, if there is no life of holiness, able to make a few short-course races since what we are telling our audience is; “Jesus March, but this will be my first time back to Christ makes no difference in my life. I am the desert since The Mint 400. The following just like you with or without Christ in my life.” week I head out to Missouri for a Lucas Oil We are instructed to walk holy to serve as Off-Road Racing Series event and I must say a strong witness to the unbelievers and to it sure feels good to get back to racing again. make a difference in the lives around us, just Hopefully, we are all able to get our races in like Christ did. before the year’s end. I also hope this miniI PETER 1:13-16MSG Therefore, with minds series on Life Revolution has brought value that are alert and fully sober, set your hope to your life by encouraging and challenging on the grace to be brought to you when you. Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As 2CORINTHIANS 3:17NIV And we, who with obedient children, do not conform to the evil unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, desires you had when you lived in ignorance. are being transformed into his likeness with But just as he who called you is holy, so be ever-increasing glory, which comes from the holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, Lord, who is the Spirit. because I am holy.” This is the last “Pit Stop” in our chase to let It is truly clear here how we are to live and the Holy Spirit use the truth of God’s Word how we are to walk. It does not matter if to affect our thoughts, our feelings and our you’re a superstar professional racer, a actions. This life revolution to transform our schoolteacher, a laborer or anything in worship, walk & finally our witness. between. •WORSHIP – loving God with all our heart I THESSALONIANS 5:22NIV Avoid every kind •WALK – walk that reflects a new mind of evil. •WITNESS – action reflecting God’s grace in I THESSALONIANS 5:22KJV Avoid every us appearance of evil. The racing community has a worldwide You may think that living Christ like would audience, so it is especially important that turn people off, but I would disagree. When our witness reflects our relationship. It is not we live life to the Full as Christ intended it, just about what you say when you are on the abiding in Him making him the focus of our podium making an acceptance speech, it is heart and of our mind, something begins to about how you walk and witness’s to others happen in our life that cannot be explained, that really matters. and we become very contagious. Those A childhood saying, I remember: Your walk watching us will want to find out what makes talks and your talk talks, but your walk talks us tick because they will see that we are louder than your talk talks. alive in Christ. Our witness should reflect that there is a Hanson difference in our value system, the way we Follow @rfc_dirtsportministry