COMMON GROUND
Today's reading: 1 Corinthians 9-10

"...Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ." 1 Corinthians 9:22 NLT

I tried just that today.

I was out of my element.

I attempted something that to me was big, scary and very impossible.

But I studied. And I read up. And I prayed. And I did my very best.

And the outcome? Well, it could have gone much worse and I was pleased with what I took from it. I even received a few unsolicited compliments!

In order to find common ground, I had to know who LeCrae was (a Christian rap artist), who Kevin Harvick was (a NASCAR driver), who a few 2015 sport figures were--now I cannot remember their names!

Just to find common ground with the youth group.

In order to bring the emphasis of Hebrews 12:1 into their perspective.

Did the message of God's Word change? No, absolutely not, but what I talked about leading up to the scripture and the truth contained in it was out of my element, but most certainly inside theirs.

I need to do that when I am presented with the opportunity to talk to people about God--in the lumberyard, in WalMart, in the line at the driver's license facility.