"Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul." -Psalms 66:16
"For we cannot speak but the things which we have seen and heard."- Acts 4:20


     For everyone that has been saved, healed, or delivered, you know that God is capable of great things.  Only you know entirely what He has done for you.  For those that don't know about Him, they don't know how great He is.  Isn't it our job to tell them?
     Lately, I have been feeling a call to outreach.  I have many different ideas running through my head on how to reach the lost.  The thing about it is, I've always been a thinker, but I've never gone out and carried out my plans.  But it has been coming more and more to my realization that, this isn't an option.  We HAVE to reach the lost.  We HAVE to tell them of the great things God has and can do.
     This is one of the greatest things to share:the love of God.  If you have been baptized in Jesus' name, and have been filled with the baptism of the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in other tongues (Acts 2:1-4;38), then you have God's Spirit in you, and you have the ability to love others like Jesus loves them.  And this hurting, broken world needs that.
     Only you can do it, though.  Oftentimes, we think that it is someone else's job to witness to others, so we back out and carry on with our lives.  We back out of something that could not only bless someone else, but could bless us.
     As I have learned recently, there are three major tactics the devil tries to use to keep us from witnessing:
     Fear- We are so afraid of people rejecting us, and the message we bring, that we talk ourselves out of it, saying things like "They probably don't want it", "I'm sure they're doing just fine.  They don't need this right now" or "Someone else will come along and witness to them.  It doesn't have to be me".  But what if they do need it?  What if that person is going through a tough divorce or is on the verge of suicide?  What if the message you bear is exactly what they've been looking for?
Self-consciousness- We fear how people will view us.  We feel too inadequate and are afraid that people will reject us.  We fear that people will look at us oddly, that the person we witness to will think we're completely nuts.  You have what they need.  They aren't going to care about who you are and what you can't do.
Prejudice- This is a big one.  Not only does this hinder us from witnessing to others from different countries, but it also hinders us from witness to others outside of our social, financial, and education levels.  If we see a homeless man on the street, we are very likely to walk past him.  Why?  Because we have already made up in our heads who he is.  We judged him before we even got to know him.  The same goes for those of a higher status than us.  We may assume that they are snotty, stuck-up, and don't need our help, but is that really what they are?  Or could it be we judged them too soon?  We need to lay aside our judgments and let God lead us.  You never know, maybe that 'rich, stuck-up' lady from your workplace is crying out for God to send somebody to her.  And maybe that somebody is you.

"Judge not, that ye be not judged."-Matthew 7:1

     Pray that God would touch your heart, and show you the things that really are, instead of allowing yourself to be blinded by your own thoughts and fears.  Pray that He would open doors and opportunities for you to witness.  I promise you, if you'll step out in faith, you won't be disappointed.
     And always remember that God is with you, even when it feels like your fears are too much.  He will give you the words to speak.  Just trust Him.


May God Bless,
Give, Love, Serve