So as most of you know, I am know attending a discipleship school at Adventures In Missions in Gainesville GA called Center for Global Action. Its five months of learning what servant leadership looks like, diving deeper with the Lord, and living in a great christ centered community. Already I have learned so much more about the Lord and who I am in him.
My first week there I was getting gas at a Texaco station three minutes from AIM. I went in to get a soda and when I went to pay I met this cashier named Bryan. There wasn’t anything super special about Bryan, but he was one of the nicest people I have ever met. As soon as I started talking to him I knew I wanted to share the gospel with him. But I told myself that I needed to build a relationship with him before I tried to say anything more then small talk. That only a crazy freak would share the gospel with someone they didn’t know at all. So I waited for a few weeks trying to make conversation so eventually I could tell him about Jesus.
But one night while Bryan was working, an angry teenager shot Bryan in the chest because he wouldn’t sell him alcohol. Bryan was just 18 when he died. It really broke my heart. I kept on telling myself that if I would have been there maybe I could have saved his life. I blamed myself for something that I couldn’t have done anything about. But the Lord showed me that it wasn’t my fault but he also taught me something really hard. For the longest time I have put fear and comfortability before sharing the gospel. I was so afraid rejection that I ignored the entire purpose of my life. I didn’t share the gospel with Bryan because I put my comfortability before Bryan’s soul. But now I have a choice, will I die to myself every day or will I look at the past and freeze in fear. There is nothing I can do about Bryan anymore. But there are tones of people all around us. So what’s stopping us? Is it really that crazy that someone would tell people about Jesus, unashamed and not caring about what people think? So the next time you have an opportunity to share the gospel think about what’s holding you back. Whats more important? Your comfortability, or the Gospel of Christ.
A few days later God opened up a door. Bryan’s family lives in a trailer park not even 10 minutes from my house. Me and one of my classmates got to go and visit his family and talk to them about Jesus. The Lord took something tragic and turned into an oppurtunity for his glory. So please don’t let your comfort be more important then his kingdom, because none of us actually know how long the people around us will be on this earth for.
There is nothing more important then the gospel of Christ!
