I recently received thirty copies of the Gospel of John and was very excited to hand them out. I have only given out one so far, and that wasn't from my hand to another's, I stuck it in the door of the ice machine at work. WOW right? While at Sunday school yesterday (which I rarely get to attend any more, due to work) the leader of our group said something very short and quick but very poignant. He said "We can't share Jesus with who we think are worthy, we have to share Him with everybody." Have I been picking and choosing who I share my faith with? Have I had the audacity to say "This guy looks like he will listen" or "This lady looks like she wouldn't give a hoot about Jesus"? Unfortunately, the answer is YES.... I don't know if it's intentional or not, or if it has anything to do with fear or not, or if I am just plain judging people. I suspect it's all of the above and a few more reasons on top of those. If my faith is as strong as I proclaim it to be, how could I possibly be afraid to witness for my Creator and Savior? Who am I to say who needs or doesn't need salvation? I guess I'll try to answer the first question first. JUDGEMENT! I think sometimes I'm afraid of being seen as a weirdo or a goody goody or some kind of outsider, but the truth is, I am. I'm a Christian, a bible believing, Jesus loving Christian, so I just need to get over that judgement thing! The answer to the second question is Nobody! I, nor anybody else have the right to say who does or doesn't deserve salvation. The bible says in Romans 3:21-23 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Profits,22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
ALL have sinned, ALL need Jesus and ALL can be forgiven by Him. So, now that I have confessed a few of my shortcomings and or weaknesses, what am I going to do to change them?
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