Gò0dNews for Everyone
Running Out Of Time
“I
by Nikki Hill
am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that
or others. Maybe I have grasped the why but I have not fully
no one will take your crown” (Revelation 3:11).
accepted that I need to stand up for myself and not let fear
Have you ever had a troubled heart that lead
drive me to a dead-end road. And as much as I don’t want
to conviction? You may not be a bad person because you
to admit, because I am allowing the fear of being used with
give money to charities, feed the poor, help the elderly, take
possible consequences to influence me, I am providing Satan
care of your family, go to church, read your Bible, and more,
with a foothold, going against the very command, “…and do
yet you feel deep within your heart that something else is
not give the devil a foot hold” (Ephesians 4:27). What then
missing, something very important. But for whatever reason, you cannot pinpoint the exact thing that is causing a growing void in your life that spills out into
shall I do? Pray without ceasing. Admit I cannot do this on my own. Stay consistently in the Word. Hope. Believe. Trust.
your everyday life. The void can
Confess my sins. Ask for forgiveness.
put a strain on your marriage, your
Be obedient. Repeat! I just have to
job, your relationships with others,
do it. How deep is my love for the
and perhaps even your own health.
Lord? When we love someone so
And it is during trying times such
deeply, we often would do almost
as this global pandemic or when you feel your health begin to decline that you reevaluate or meditate on what you
anything for them within our power. It’s like loving our children. We may have said or heard others say, “I love you
have done from the time you are born to
so much I would take a bullet for you.”
the present to bring God glory with how
We may mean it figuratively and/or literally
you have lived your life. “What then,” I ask myself, “is missing?” And after much praying and meditation came revelation: “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19). To some, filling that “void” may look different. But for me, there is a strong conviction of not sharing the Good
to express how much we love someone. Jesus expressed His love to us by going to Calvary. When we truly take up our cross, we are doing more than telling God we love Him: we are showing Him how much we love Him by laying down our lives to spread the Good News. My understanding is that I want my void to be filled by spreading the Gospel. So I must seek and ask God, and when I
News as much as my heart yearns to
do, I have to be willing to truly take up
do. Because my heart longs to spread
my cross. So, too, must anyone who
the Word more, I cannot grasp why
is willing to follow our Savior to earn
I am not sharing the Gospel in many
their crown before time runs out.
by word of mouth, social media, artwork, through my gifts and talents,
40 // February 2021
About The Author
more forms than I do, whether Nikki Hill is a graduate from Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, with a Bachelors in English. She has a beautiful family and one day hopes to be a teacher and inspirational speaker.
