"Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person" (Col. 4:5-6).
You are sitting on a plane trying not to make eye-contact with the person next to you because you are tired, grumpy and just want to close your eyes and ignore the world for a bit. Unfortunately the person next to you does not seem to have the same idea and they start small talk almost immediately after sitting down with you. You put on your happy face and engage as little as possible in the conversation, only answering questions when you have to. Two long hours later you land and quickly depart the plane without even saying goodbye to your new acquaintance. You just want off the plane.
Two days later you are sitting with your friends after church and you start to talk about witnessing. You mention that you just never seem to have any people around you to witness to, that there just does not ever seem to be a chance for you to witness. No one seems interested in spiritual things. Maybe because you are not looking and just thinking of self and not truly looking to be a witness for Christ?
Maybe you think that you just witness with your actions and that says a lot more then words. If this is the case why does the Bible spend so much time talking to us about our tongues and what comes out of our mouths? It does because words are powerful, and saying it places you in a position of truly believing it. It is a cop-out to always say: “I wait for someone to ask me why I am the way I am.” Why do your good actions make you any better then the atheist who does good? What if the atheist does better things then you? It is not just about actions?
What would you say to someone if they asked you what you believe and why? What would you say if I asked you what it means to be saved and what do I have to believe? Are you sure you are saved? What do you believe about Christ? Remember what Matthew 7:21-23 says, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!” If you do not know what it means to be saved then read this before moving forward, http://aleris.blogspot.com/2007/09/secure-in-your-salvation.html.
We are called to witness and tell others about our salvation, and there are many reasons why we should. The first one is that we are commanded by Christ in Matthew 28:19-20, and if He tells us to do something we should do it, no questions asked. Jesus saved us from eternal Hell, the least we can do is show loyalty by doing it out of command by our Commander and Savior.
More then that we should witness because you love those who do not know Christ and want to share with them the relationship you have, which will also keep them from spending eternity in Hell. Christ came for the unsaved, you and me, so we should have the same love for them that He has for us (John 3:16; Eph. 5:22).
1 John 1:3, “that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” It pleases God that we witness and share the great news of Christ with others, as He uses us for this purpose. We are allowed, and should consider it an honor, to be part of bringing people into relationship with God. If you have never been used by God to bring someone to salvation then you are missing out on a great blessing. There is just no greater feeling, except when you personally come to faith, then praying with someone to receive Christ. It is AWESOME (Luke 15:10)!
Witnessing, sharing who you are, should be as natural as saying your name. It should just be part of who we are. We have put witnessing into another box separated from every other aspect of our faith; when in reality it should be natural, because of your love for Christ.
We all fail and need to repent, because not to witness is sin, as Christ commands it in Scripture. Make it your commitment today to learn what you believe and develop your relationship with Christ that it just pours out of you know matter where you are and how you feel.
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