3 Steps to Sharing the Gospel (#2)

2. Create the opportunity.

Have you ever seen the street corner megaphone guy? He’s the one with the signs that state, “Repent or you’re going to hell.” He usually has a megaphone or can yell really loudly. As a college student, I hated that guy. I just knew he was doing so much damage to the Gospel. That is most likely true, but I was judging his splinter, while I had a plank. He was doing something; I was doing nothing. I was so afraid of being offensive, awkward, or just wrong, that I didn’t even talk about Jesus at all. No one knew of all the great things God had done in my life…how he was changing me, blessing me, and guiding me.

While preparing for the opportunity to share the good news with others, we’ve got to create opportunities to share the good news. Christ should be so enveloped in our thoughts that we are just waiting for the chance to bring him up (this happens by making step 1 a priority in your life). If we don’t create opportunities, or even be open to opportunities, then they will never happen. Opportunities can be as small as going to lunch with a co-worker, or as big as assisting with social action/justice. It doesn’t matter as much what you do, just that you do it. God will bless your willingness.

I end on a note that I regret (I forgot) not sharing during my message last week: If all of your friends are sitting in your church on Sunday mornings, then there is a massive problem. We have to get outside our small, church bubble. We have to befriend our neighbors, co-workers, classmates, roommates,  or anyone  else we come in contact with on a daily basis. If not, we’re missing an easy opportunity to share Christ.