Witnessing.
Evangelism.
Sharing your faith.
We in the church call the spreading of the Gospel many things. We take classes on it, write books, theorize about the perfect methods, and preach about it's importance. Having grown up in the church, gone to Christian school, and been involved heavily in youth group, I know a lot more than it feels like I need when it comes to sharing my faith. Because I don't have anywhere to put it into action. Sure, sure, I could preach on street corners or hand out tracts in a mall, but that's not what I mean. I know plenty about how to share God with my friends and family through my words, actions, and morals, but no family or friends to share Him with.
When my youth pastor challenged us to pray continously for an unsaved friend, I drew a blank for the longest time. Finally, I scribbled down a name on my card. The name was a guy I only sort of know. He dated a friend of mine, not even a close friend, for a few months a year or two ago, and added me on Facebook out of the blue. His posts and status updates weigh on my heart, despite the fact I have absolutely no connection to this guy. So I took the challenge, and I've been praying for him daily, but the next part of the challenge is to be a good friend to them. We aren't even friends. I haven't spoken to him since he broke up with my friend, unless you count a chance meeting in Wal-Mart and a pleasant hello. How do I be a friend to someone I don't even know? The puzzle continues, because the next part of the challenge is just to ask "Do you ever think about God?" I could ask a friend that. I could ask a family member that. But this guy? I don't know how to even breach the topic. So now what.
Church has prepared me to live in an unsaved world, but how do I minister to a saved one?
I have the same thing going on. The way God told me to do things, at least right now, is to basically to check each of my friends and make sure the closest to me are getting me closer to Christ.
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