How many of you have ever been job searching and the employers all require experience that you can’t get ‘cause they won’t give you a job? What’s the solution? I asked myself, ‘do I have to be an unpaid intern or volunteer my time to get this experience?’ What about the college experience and the piece of paper that came of it? Was that all for naught? Of course it wasn’t, but this logic often surfaces in reference to thoughts about Christian faith. We can’t use the Bible to prove God exists to those who don’t believe in the Bible in the same way we can’t prove to a company that we’re capable of doing the job offered by showing them our diploma. They might not believe in our diploma; they want to see our abilities in a tangible environment.

So where do we as Christians start with non-believers? Can we really just point to verses that we hold to be true?

In Acts 2:38,39 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.” NIV

This verse speaks straight to us, but how do we explain these concepts of sin and repentance to someone who believes that this life is all there is and our bodies on earth are all we are…no soul, no afterlife? They believe the Bible is manmade, or equally disheartening, that God is manmade. There is a fundamental need to show the world that our lives are full of the Holy Spirit who infiltrates our being. How has it changed your life and your heart? How has it curbed your tendencies towards sin?

Corporations today need to see your experience in the work place, just like non-Christians need to see your experiences with the Lord. It is not enough to claim with our lips, instead we must show it with our bodies and minds. They want experience…show them experience.

So I ask, are you experiencing God working in your life? Are you conversing with Him and listening to what He has to say to you? I pray that you are and that you are not just holding that ‘diploma’ you received at age 5 hoping that it’ll be enough to get you into heaven.