Tell The Story

If something made sharing your faith easier, you would try it, wouldn’t you? I’m sure some Christians have no problem telling the lost about Jesus. But I’m just as certain that others get tongue-tied or afraid. If evangelism, making disciples, being fishers of men, were as simple as some make it out to be, there wouldn’t be enough church buildings to hold all the saved.

Matthew wrote, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19). If there were something, some principle, that would make the Great Commission easier to carry out, would you try it?

If you’re one of those who struggle when it comes to sharing Christ, if you stammer and stutter, your knees become rubber, and your tongue becomes dry, it’s okay. You’re not alone. If you renege on telling people your story of faith because you fear it won’t come out right, there’s something you need to know.

“You can’t tell the right people the wrong thing, and you can’t tell the wrong people the right thing.” It doesn’t matter how poorly you tell your story of faith. If you’re talking to the right person, one seeking God, they will listen! On the other hand, if you’re talking to people who have no interest in spiritual things, they won’t listen — no matter how well you present it.

We aren’t in the deciding business. That is, we don’t have to cull out the seekers from the shunners. We just have to tell the story of Jesus. Whether that story falls on receptive hearts or not, you will have planted a seed that someone else may water and from which God can reap the harvest. “So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who makes things grow” (1 Corinthians 3:7).

This isn’t the only principle that can make evangelism easier, but it works. If we share the story of Jesus, we’ll find those who are searching for the Savior.

Share your heart.