As I sit here and write from my hotel room tonight I have to be honest I’m pretty convicted. This week I am at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. To be honest its not exactly my idea of a good time although the messages have been pretty good. But it was tonight that I realized that there is an area of my life that I need to work on. I mean I’m sure if I sat down and thought about it there would be alot of areas in my life that I need to work on but this week one has really hit me in the face. Personal evangelism is really hard for me. It just doesnt seem to come natural. You know some people can just turn anything into a way to share Christ. They just seem to have this transitional nack for turning any conversation into a chance to share the gospel. Well I am here to tell you that I dont posess that nack. Its awkward for me. I dont know why and in many ways I feel bad about it but its something that I intend to work on. I can present the gospel from a pulpet or a stage to my youth every Wednesday night without a problem, but its those daily run ins with people that just seem to give me trouble. Its also with those friends that I’ve had forever that I know are not saved. I worry about their salvation and infact I pray about it often but I have never taken the time and just spilled my guts to them. I figure maybe if I write this out that it will give me further insentive to go out and share my faith with others.
But have you really ever thought about this? Its so natural for us to talk to people about the weirdest things. The other day I was in a restraunt and talked to some dude about knives for like ten minutes. I dont know the first thing about knives but for some reason we talked about them for what seemed an eternity. Think about how many random conversations you have in a week. Or how many random conversations you have daily or weekly or even monthly. Unless your living under a rock you probably have tons. I mean its easy for us to talk abot sports, news, politics or any number of things but its so hard for us to share a faith that has eternially changed us. Why is that I wonder? Is it the fear of rejection? Is it the fear of a Jesus Freak label? Or maybe its just a fear of not knowing what to say. I dont really know but its something that I’m going to work on. And this is my challenge to you: If you happen to read this and feel like maybe its something that you need to work on well thats my challenge. Im going to work on taking advantage of opprotunities I get to share my faith in Christ and Im going to pray that God puts the people in my life.
Peace and Love,
The White-man
