Sharing or Telling?

Looking back at the past year as a full time youth worker, what have I actually accomplished? Who have I really impacted over the last year? What change has God effected on me over my many years as a Christian? These are tough but necessary questions to answer as a Christian.

19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” ~ Matt 28:19-20

Necessary so that I become mindful that my task is not simply to transfer the knowledge of the gospel to another person but SHARE Christ with that person not only with my words but also with my life. It is so easy to get mechanical and get caught up with the routine of things and then lose the purpose and reason why we do those things. Never try to fulfill the Great Commission for the sake of fulfilling it!

12Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. ~ Phil 2:12-13

Necessary so that when I share with others about a powerful God I believe in, it is not just a theoretical God but a God who can change lives, with myself being the example. If we ask people to repent and allow God to take the throne of their lives, but in our own lives, we are obviously still the one in control, no wonder people will not even consider what we say!

May 2009 be a different year, where I am conscious of not just telling people about Christ, but really sharing with them the truth that has not only set me free, but is changing me!