Evangelism. Sharing our faith. Sharing Jesus.
Mark 16:15 says, “Go ye into all
The world, and declare the gospel.”
As Christians, we are commanded to do this. It’s not a suggestion.
90% of my life has been everything but that, of proactively sharing my faith. This sickens me. I know the greatest truth, and I am ignorant of that.
My excuses for not sharing the Jesus has been some of the following;
“Oh I believe in lifestyle evangelism, so people can just see a difference in me.”
“I still have my own questions and doubts about things.”
“I invited them to church…”
“The story of Jesus just sounds silly and fable.”
Or most of the time, I don’t even THINK to do it. I don’t even think to share about Jesus.
I feel so unworthy in a lot of ways just to be here, I have done so many bad things in my past…..I have struggled and questioned what I actually believe. I’m scared to bring up the name “Jesus.” And this hasn’t been years ago, but recent. I am so unworthy in a lot of ways just to be here serving as a missionary on the race. I’m not qualified.
This is what I have been living and declaring over my life. The excuses, the lies, the laziness to even dive to greater depths with my relationship with the Lord, and I have been missing out on such amazing adventures through evangelism And sharing the gospel.
Over the last few months. My faith and my whole view on Christianity has changed completely. God has answered my cry to know him more, and I have felt the Holy Spirit in my life and it’s been incredible. Because of this, a new passion has been born. In Jesus, my faith, and this scary little thing called evangelism. SHARING YOUR FAITH.
Sure, I’m still terrified. I still think it sounds silly, I still doubt things…I forget the verses, I don’t the answers. But neither did some of the greatest Christians of the Bible! The Apostle Paul wasn’t eloquent, but God used him because he depended on the Holy Spirit to guide him. Moses Didn’t feel ready to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, or Jonah, who didn’t even think the Ninevites deserved God’s mercy and tried to run the other way. He just asks us to step out and do it. weather we feel ready or now.
God does not call the equipped; He equips the called—and as Christians, we are all called to share what Christ has done. I think I do terrible at this, but the times I step out and say just a tiny thing, God uses it. We don’t have to be afraid of truth. God’s straight truth is mightier than the devil’s lies. He can use our simple sentence of the gospel to convict.
You can’t open someone’s heart to the truth of the Gospel—but God can, by His Spirit.
I understand that not everybody is vocal; we’re not all wired that way. But we are called to be BOLD. I challenge you to get out of your comfort zone. Pray for love and boldness, and then open your mouth. Say something, anything, to someone about Jesus. It could be your testimony, your own personal story of how Jesus changed your life. It could be you simply inviting somebody to church, or giving them a Christian book. But I challenge you to be bold and say the name of Jesus when your sharing. That’s something I have been afraid to do. I have tiptoed around it, but It’s so much more powerful then you think. Try to get out of your comfort zone, God will use that to reveal himself in amazing ways.
I have several stories I will share about my experiences evangalizing over the last few weeks. One of them involves finding myself in a boat but it was in the grass, On the land, with a group of villagers surrounding me asking, “why are you here?”
What follows next is a millinials version, very similar to the time Jesus shared from a boat to the multitudes of people. I don’t know how I got there, in a boat on the dry land. But there I was, there the people were. What would I do with this opportunity?
(Part 2 coming soon)
