Isaiah 6:8 (ESV)
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I
send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
Wiersbes, Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers,
quotes: "Millions of surveys which we have helped to take around the world
indicate that approximately 98 percent of the Christians do not regularly
introduce others to the Savior."
In a survey given to those attending training sessions
for a Billy Graham crusade in Detroit, attendees were asked to answer this
question by checking one of the following answers. "What is your greatest
hindrance in witnessing?" 0% said they don't care. 9% said they were too
busy to remember to do it. 12% said their own lives were not speaking as they
should. 28% felt the lack of real information to share and 51% feared the
reactions of those with whom they might share.
If we truly believe that Jesus is the only way to eternal
life, why aren't we spreading the word? Hmmmm. Maybe we don't really believe
that. I guess no one thought to include that reason on Billy's survey.
Do we truly believe in heaven? Do we believe without a
shadow of a doubt that Jesus is the only
way to get there? If we do, how can we keep our mouths closed to a world of
people who are headed for the agony of eternal burning?
Hee-nay-nee means "Here am I", in Hebrew. This
should be our cry to the Lord today. Send me, Lord! Help me to open my mouth
for you! Work through me Lord, for your sake Lord, and for the sake of those
who don't know you!
Let's be about doing His business and commit ourselves to
sharing the good news with the lost around us!
Dear Lord, help us be able to share Your love with those around
us. Give us the courage to share the gospel. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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