Someone else

Someone asked me a question recently.  "Do you think I am in trouble if I don't witness to everyone, the way you do?"  I told them, that's not for me to say.

I will not tell another Christian what God wants them to do, unless it is very clear.  "Fred, you need to pray for the guy who stole your car".  Something like that.  Usually I go with something like: "God loves your child even more than you do, and knows how much you're hurting".

I'll advise, but I won't judge.  Mainly, when it comes to evangelism, I encourage.  "Get out there!  Pray for the unreached if you don't want direct contact", etc.  That's why I was shocked the guy thought I'd judge him.

God calls me to preach the truth, in love.  Ephesians 4:15
But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head —Christ. (HCSB)

If you're not a believer, you may not have heard that before.  Does that mean I am commanded to endorse lifestyles that are not in the Bible?  No.  Do I have to approve of everyone?  No.  But I do have to love them.  

Every day, I ask God to put His love in my heart, for everyone.  I cannot love everyone.  That's impossible.  In fact, there's a person in my life right now.  God has commanded me to pray for her specifically.  She has been very ugly to me on many occasions, and has hurt a lot of people.  She's not online, a relative, or a co-worker.  

So, I'll be working on that.  I will set some boundaries, if needed.  If she becomes verbally abusive I will call in a complaint.  

God is always working on me: I need to be obedient and do what He wants me to do, so I can become more useful to Him.  If nothing else, the difficult woman is a recipient, and you know I take them seriously.  I may tell her I pray for her every day, and ask if she has any special requests.  

That's how my faith life works: I can't speak to anyone else, because I'm only in my head.  

I did tell the guy, I think it's very sad to let an unreached person "get away" without sharing your faith.  It doesn't have to be much.  It may be Driver Cookies, the evolution of Driver Candy.  I put the cookies in a zip lock with a scripture booklet (I need to order more!).  They're easy to hand out, and no pressure 

If someone's ready, they'll read the booklet.  If not, they'll throw it away, and someone else will read it.  If nothing else, they got some delicious cookies.

I plan to do it with brownies, next week.  People got so excited over the brownies.  

That's how I work.  Share God with everyone.  I hate to miss an opportunity.  God didn't really have me start "working" until 2009.  I had 35 years of preparation and training before I got to do serious evangelism.  Sure, I handed out Bibles before, but not on a big scale.  

If you, as a Christian, want to miss witnessing opportunities, sending them away without sharing your faith, knowing we believe they will end up in hell; that's between you and God.  

I'm sure God can send them to someone else.