This will sound strange; yet it fits perfectly in the kingdom style. I am confident to reach anyone and everyone in the world because I have no confidence in myself.
I couldn't invite people. I couldn't study with them either as I was so fearful of getting it wrong. This nature thrust me into selective ministry. Mostly I elected not to reach out. I was safe and so were they!
Today? I can meet with a homeless person, a good friend, or a leader of a nation with perfect ease....really. That's why I can work with celebrities. What is that reason?
I now know all people are the very same; they have strengths to be admired and weaknesses from which they tremble.
I dearly love Chuck Swindoll. Do you know how we became good friends? I realized he had days where he wondered if he was doing any good and wrote him accordingly. This opened a fascinating and special friendship to the both of us.
Curt Flood was my childhood hero and, eventually, my dear brother. How I was able to move into his heart was to talk with him in private about where he hurt; racial bias.
Becky Fulton is my neighbor. He is now a brother in Christ. How did this happen? I knocked on his door one day asking for assistance with Mary's car when I didn't really need the assistance. I just figured that being a person he might need to feel needed.
While I once was blocked from reaching to people about God and spiritual matters, I find myself no longer afraid of anyone. It is because I am now sure that every level of individual (social, financial, etc.) is absolutely racked with insecurities over something....just like me. There is no exception but for one man; Jesus.
Oddly and wonderfully, he gave us his confidence (II Cor. 3:4-6) for ours wilted every time we took a deep breath and made our approach.
Want to win the world? Go for it. You are too small to think you could one day master this. You can't. I can't. But he can....in us. So I say....LET HIM!
The world is waiting for us to realize it hurts and doubts and fears. Will anyone use their weaknesses to reach those with weaknesses?
Let's do!
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