How To Share Jesus With Fear

There is a very special lady at our church and she has such a sense of peace and power in her daily life in Christ. One day, I went to her discouraged, defeated, and down because I simply couldn’t get my act together and the ministry wasn’t going the way I hoped it would. She said, “David, Jesus Christ is your Lord and not only is He your Lord. Jesus is your LIFE.”

She wanted to remind me that suffering would come. Disappointment would come. Trials would come. Ministry would not always be easy. However, Jesus Christ would be faithful. Jesus Christ would be present. Jesus Christ would be my number one source through it all.

To set apart Christ as Lord of our lives is to simply recognize the greatness of who He is and to allow Him to live and work through us.

Hebrews 12:1-3 - Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

What does this have to do when it comes to sharing Jesus with fear with my friends and family?

You can quit struggling to win them in your timing…Jesus is Lord.

You can quit struggling in your own efforts to win them…Jesus is Lord.

You can remember that God is the one that draws them, not you…Jesus is Lord.

The most frustrated Christian is the one who is trying to do the work of the Lord instead of allowing the Lord of the work to work through them.

Colossians 1:28-29 - We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.

Doing God’s work is not about our power and might, but God’s power and might.

Think of the disciples toiling all night for fish and catching nothing (Luke 5). Yet, they were willing to cast their nets on the other side of the boat because they knew the voice of their Master.

What are they learning? It’s not about me, but it’s about Him.

3 – Remember the Reward

In Larry Moyer’s book, “How-To Book on Personal Evangelism,” he shares these four principles on evangelizing out of grace and not guilt.

1. Evangelism is Always Approached in Scripture As a Privilege, Not as a Pain

2. God Never Asks Anyone to Bring the Lost to Christ-He Only Asks Us to Bring Christ to the Lost

3. God is Not Asking You to Push Through Closed Doors – Simply Walk Through Open Ones

4. The Presence of Fear Does Not Mean the Absence of Love

What is your plan for sharing Jesus with others?

Remember who you were before Christ.

Remember how you received Christ as Lord and Savior.