A Reluctant Missionary

Here's a question: Do you consider yourself a missionary? If you do, then how many people have you told about Jesus this past week? Using words?

This has been something that God has been working on in me: the telling of His story. Not just showing it, and believe me, I believe it is absolutely important to show His light to others. But I think that often we (I say we, I really mean I) forget that we are also called to PREACH the word.

We tend to take the slightly safer road of showing, and not just bust out saying what we really think.
Do I love Jesus? Yes.
Do I think my life is worthless without Him? Yes.
Is He the most important thing to me, so much so that if I had nothing else but Him I'd still be ok? Yes.

But you don't just go out and tell that to people! Seriously.
Right?

The other day in devotions I was praying and was telling God how I wanted to follow and obey and live for Him in all I do....His response? "Gwen, you're kind of a reluctant missionary."
Case in point: This past week we had an assignment - share your testimony of what God has done in your life with a non-believer. It could be someone who we knew, or a random person from the street. I think this is something that I always try to be aware of, but when its an actual assignment, you REALLY start keeping your eyes open for opportunities. And every time there would be a silence in the conversation of the person I was talking with, I would fill it with something else, and then let that person just walk away. A wasted opportunity.

How sad is it that it takes an assignment to make me share my story? What is wrong with this? It saddens me to think of how many times I just talk about something else. As an acquaintance of mine said, "It's like the world is going go hell and we're having elevator conversations."

If I could just get over that fear of man, I would be much better off. Honestly, I have the living God on my side, living in me and empowering me - what is some incredulous person really going to do to me?

So here's a challenge for you. Each day, ask for an opportunity to talk about the Lord with one person. It's a prayer He will grant and tts kind of amazing the opportunities He will put in your path.

So, who's with me?