Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land (Isaiah 32:2).

Have you ever walked in a dry, hot climate for an extended time? The sun beats down, the sweat begins to pour off your brow, and water becomes the best tasting drink ever. A little shade, a slight breeze, or a cool drink becomes the greatest thing one could value at the moment.

When you and I walk with Christ in the marketplace, we become that kind of oasis for the non-Christian. However, they may not recognize it at the time. Lets face it, the marketplace is pretty tough, especially when Christ is not in the center of it.

When a person becomes aware of their need of Christ through you or me, we have become a shelter from the wind. We become their refuge from the storms of life.

Someone once said that you and I might be the only Bible someone ever reads, so we need to have something for them worth reading. Are you available to be that shelter for a non-believing friend? If so, then you will open the eyes of someone who has been blind their whole life. What an incredible blessing to know you were the instrument God used to bring that person into the Kingdom of God.

"Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen" (Isaiah 32:3).