An epistle

You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by he Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. - 2 Corinthians 3.2-3

Most of the people we meet are never going to open a Bible to learn about God. It is hard to get someone to pick up a Bible and read it. We pray, we witness, we try to be a friend but it is hard to make the connection between that and the Bible. 

They may never read the word of God, but he does have a letter for them. There is a way God can communicate to those who aren't going to read His book. 

'You,' Paul writes, 'are clearly an epistle of Christ...not written with ink, but by the Spirit of our living God. Not carved on tablets of stone, but on the tablet of the heart.' 

There is an old saying  - 'you are the only Bible some people are ever going to read.' 

That's not just a cute little saying. It is the absolute truth. Those who never open a Bible are going to look to us to see if God is real. Our lives are going to be all they see of the impact God can have. 

You, we, are indeed the only epistle some people will ever see.  What do they see through you and me? 

Will we be the epistle that introduces them to God and His complete word? Or will we turn them away?