Take the initiative
According to the world clock the world population is currently 6,710,633,803. The world daily birth rate is 352,800 and the daily death rate is 153,000. Every day the world population grows 199,800. According to ReligiousTolorance.org the Christian church population is 2,039,000,000 in which are 32% of the world population that is currently on the decline.
How many people are we reaching every day, every week, every month? Is our church groups growing or declining? How many opportunities are being lost and how many are being seized? These are the questions the lord has been asking me. Let’s cut to the chase. How effective are we in Soul Winning? Are we focused in our prayers or are we satisfied with wishful thinking?
Is evangelism as difficult as many times perceived? Does it demand hundreds even thousands of dollars? Does it require the activation of hundreds of bodies with the best of the best abilities to draw from?
This thinking can be an obstacle and a stumbling block that prevents us from impacting our generation.
Throughout my ministry I’ve tried to be on the cutting edge of the latest resources and ideas that promise to ensure unprecedented revival. However, with closets and storage rooms full of gimmicks and gadgets, I conclude that I can still miss the key component to unlock personal, community, and even world evangelism, “taking the initiative”. It sounds too elementary, doesn’t it? Too easy, too simple. However, it is the essence and the power behind effective evangelism.
Evangelism was never meant to simply be a program or a department; it is a practice, a lifestyle, an outflow of the hope that resides within every believer. I’m not saying that our programs have a negative impact. Many youth have found true blessings in getting involved with other church departments and outreach programs. But the foundational principle of these tools is simply stepping out of our comfort zone and…taking the initiative! Finding and pursuing a cause greater than myself. Someone once said that true evangelism is one beggar sharing with another beggar where to find the bread. Not one of us has “arrived”. We all have more to share with our lost world.
The CORE of evangelism is sharing the GOD experience of our life with someone else. God intended that the joy, peace, fulfillment, contentment, and the passion that you have found in Christ should be shared through the power of the Holy Ghost working through my life. Making a difference in someone’s life will always happen when you let God express Himself through you.
Is this not the purpose of the CHURCH: To become the hands and feet of our Savior? God did not call us to blend in with the world. He called his body to be a light to the world declaring with boldness, “I have come that you might have life, and life more abundantly”. We have been called to SHARE the wonderful grace of Christ.
If you have been filled with the Holy Ghost, than you have the greatest treasure one could ever possess. SHARE IT! Take the initiative. Don’t wait for others to move; you move, you love, you become the Master’s servant. You don’t need a committee. Try it and prove God, “These signs shall follow them that believe”. Through fasting, effective prayer, and the expression of faith, we can unlock the supernatural in our lives, our community and even our world.
Stop worrying about perfect scenarios and use what we have. We can make a difference if we will.
God Bless,
