Episode 39 - James the Less, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Not Iscariot

Send us Fan MailOnce I attended a professional basketball game at an arena that held more than 10,000 fans.  As I looked around, it occurred to me that, except for my friend sitting next to me, no one in this mass of humanity knew, or cared who I was.  There may have been a time when there were hundreds, maybe thousands around you, yet no one was noticing you.  Perhaps you have seen others recognized for great things or promoted to higher levels of responsibility and wished you also could receive such recognition.  We might expect this to have been the feelings of the three men in this episode at some point in their discipleship.  Yet, as we study them, later we realize this likely never crossed their minds.Not everyone can be recognized as a champion.  Not everyone will receive acclaim for his or her deeds.  But in the Kingdom of God, we receive our crown of glory by honoring the Lord and showing Him to others.  That is what marks these three men.  They might be seen as obscure and ordinary, among the obscure and ordinary, yet they are shining stars in the Kingdom.These three men represent all the “silent saints” serving our Lord faithfully in obscurity.  We may not know of their service, but our Lord knows.  They are the ones using their talents in silent service as they feed the hungry and give drink to the thirsty, welcome strangers, cloth the naked, and visit the sick and imprisoned.  Their names will ring out in eternity.I invite you to follow our podcast and share it with others as together we walk with our Master.The Prattville family meets at 344 East Main Street, Prattville, AL.  Our web site is: https://prattvillechurch.org.  And please, leave feedback using the "Send us a text" link above.