10,000 Miles From Home

I was thinking about our little podcast which led me to thinking about evangelism.  In my case, evangelism 10000 miles from home.

Some of us are gifted and passionate at spreading the gospel. Any time and via any venue.  However, I would venture a guess that the thought of bringing people to Christ causes most believers to break out in a sweat.  “What do I say?” “He might have a question I can’t answer?” “What if they reject me?”  “I’m not spiritual enough….”  And, then there is the predictable beating oneself up with guilt that we’re not as good at it as we should be.  

Visiting Missionaries

Until 2012, I was always in that camp.  In 2012, after almost two years of deciding and planning, Mitch and I got onto our first KLM flight that would ultimately land us 24 hours later at Kilimanjaro Airport Tanzania about 10000 miles away from home.  Now, believe me, the Tanzanians can show us a thing or two about outreach and evangelizing.  But we were the visiting “missionaries.”  And in Tanzania, when missionaries visit, you go out and tell people about Jesus.  

So, there I was, with a group of my African brothers and sisters. They were looking expectantly at me as if I had any idea what I was doing.  But Jesus’ promise that the Holy Spirit would fill our mouths with His words is true.  But I am absolutely aware that most people will not choose that path to obey the Great Commission.  

That doesn’t mean, however, that we are excused from it. We sometimes miss simple opportunities to share our faith.   How about volunteering for the publicity committee when the next event at church comes up? (Vacation Bible School always needs some of those!)  Or you can easily share this podcast with five non-believing friends and family.  If they start with Matthew, you are literally sharing the entire Gospel with them, straight from the Savior’s mouth.  It will generate some great conversation at Thanksgiving dinner! 

Let me know how it goes at Lifting Her Voice.com.