Recently, I took a couple students I'm discipling to do conversational evangelism. I asked some of the SFA students I disciple to grab someone else in IV and go too. I decided not to drive the 3 hours to go with them...
One of the spiritual conversations at A&M ended with me inviting the student to a GIG (Group Investigating God). It's an evangelistic Bible study, a chance for him to ask questions and look at the Bible for himself. Could you pray for J, that he sees God "prove" himself in some way, that he sees God is real? I'm hoping to connect him to Asian American IV after Spring Break.
God surprised the Thrive (South Asian American IV chapter) students who went with me with how easy it is to strike up spiritual conversations. No one attacked them; everyone gladly talked about God. That happens a lot, especially at A&M. The SFA students shared how they felt stumped a few times, but they planned on going again after Spring Break to grow and learn how to respond to hard questions.
I still have a flutter of fear before conversational evangelism. The real cost for me now is my energy. I thought about this a lot last week. It takes energy for me to talk to strangers. And it takes energy to follow up with someone, pursue relationship, invite them into community, and keep sharing who God is with them.
But God has a sense of humor. I found an article today succinctly dealing with many excuses for not sharing the gospel. My energy excuse wasn't on there, so I came up with a potential response. "God is faithful to provide our needs, including energy and rest. It's good to spend our energy storing up treasure in heaven that will last - people knowing Jesus!"
What holds you back from sharing the good news about Jesus? How is God inviting you to think differently?
No comments:
Post a Comment