Once you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, everything changes. Your eternal destiny changes, your love for God and His Word changes, your ability to understand the Bible changes, your friends change, and on it goes. Now, when you pick up the Holy Bible and read it, it makes sense to you and speaks to you in a still, small voice telling you what you should do. In fact, the Scriptures often command you to do something that is uncomfortable.
Possibly, the most challenging of all commands that most Christians are uncomfortable doing is recorded for you in Matthew 28:19-20: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; for lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” This Great Commission commands you to do actually two things: make disciples and teach them. The mere thought of this possibly immobilizes you to the point of doing nothing. You need to remember that the Lord said, “I am with you always.” This includes when you witness to others. You do not do it on your own power. You do it as the Holy Spirit (God inside you) prompts your words, and the Holy Spirit is the one that convicts the sinner, not you.
To aid in this process of making disciples and teaching them, let’s get some advice from Roger Ailes, who knows a thing or two about communication: “There are only four things that people you communicate with won’t forgive you for: not being prepared, not being comfortable, not being committed, and not being interesting.” As you follow Roger’s advice in witnessing, remember above all that the God of this universe in with you during the whole process. Start with having a brief outline of what you are going to say (be prepared). It might be as simple as sharing your salvation experience. No need to get long and complicated. Next, relax and don’t get nervous; you are not in charge of the conversation; God is. Then you know you are committed, because you are following the Lord and being obedient to Him. Finally, be interesting. One way to keep it interesting is to keep it brief and to the point. By the way, refrain from using a lot of Christian terminology that the unbeliever may not understand.
Renew your commitment to share Christ with others, and leave the results to God. To review what you learned: be prepared, relax, remember God is with you, and keep it short and to the point. Let’s start today!
