This Christmas, I rejoice with a few of my friends who have come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. They have been working through the implications of declaring their faith and are determined to follow Jesus.
I often wonder how to share my faith with others. I question myself for being too direct or not direct enough. Or talking about tangential stuff that people would not be relating to God. I fear coming across as being irrelevant, or just preachy.
But really, God does the work. He convicts the heart and transform people through their faith in Him. Our role as believers is to simply present the gospel, share our story and let God do the work. We will invite others sometimes to our communities. And there we share our faith not just through our words but also the love, the food and the unity of our church. The same applies outside when people see how we lead our lives, how we love them and how we seek to follow Christ.
So in the new year, I want to think less about myself and think less of myself so I won’t try to be doing God’s work. I would like to just do my part.