I’m sure we all have friends who don’t know Jesus, or haven’t accepted Him into their lives yet.
So here’s a question for you – When you’re with these friends and opportunity arises to share with them something of God‘s love for them, do you take that opportunity?
Well if you’re anything like me, and you are honest with yourself and with God, your answer will probably be “No”.
Why is that? I don’t have a definitive answer to that question however here’s a few of my thoughts on why we maybe don’t take those opportunities when they arise:
- We’re not confident that we will succeed, so why bother
- We don’t want to get into a debate or argument with our friend
- We’re scared of what we may be asked
- We don’t want to damage our friendship
Are any of these reasons good enough in God’s eyes? No – they are simply all excuses! Excuses we all make sometimes when we’d rather do our own thing than do what God wants/expects us to do.
By doing our own thing rather than spreading the good news of Jesus, are we really saying we don’t care about the wellbeing of our friends?
Next time an opportunity arises for you to spread God’s message to a friend who doesn’t know God as their own personal friend and Saviour, take that opportunity. Pray and ask God to give you the strength and guidance to take that step the next time the opportunity arises. God will help you and give you the words to say to encourage and guide your friend to Him…you just need to ask Him to help you.
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