Were the great leaders in the Bible any different than you??? Find out here.

As many of you know, my husband and I teach a course called Way of the Master (www.wayofthemaster.com)  each semester at The Freedom Church (www.thefreedomchurch.com).  Each time we follow along with the homework with the rest of the class to keep us on our toes so that we can be hands-on trainers, so to speak.  Our 1st weeks homework: Ask Christians in the church if they regularly go out of their way to share the gospel with strangers, and this semester I had answers that will hit home with just about all of us!!!

The majority of the I group asked, didn't REGULARLY share their faith, yet rather when and if the subject arose they would.  Sound familiar?  This is the answer I routinely get each semester from those that are considered "baby" Christians all the way to people considered "mature" Christians.  Others say that they show the gospel/Christ through their actions and how they love like Christ. When asked why they don't regulary share the gospel verbally the answers will once again hit home with 98% of you:  Fear, Anxiety, Shy, Don't know how to bring it up, Life get's in the way and you don't think of it, not wanting to seem "pushy", fear of what people will say about me or think of me. Have I left out your reason?  Why do YOU not regularly share your faith?  My reasons were just exactly like the reasons above, I didn't want to put anyone on the spot or inconvenience them, I didn't want to seem like a fanatic or to scare them away, and I had huge self esteem problems, I would have sweaty palms when speaking in front of people etc.

Watch this silly video.  You will find that most people have your same "REASONS":

"8 Reasons why I don't share my faith"

After asking these questions I went on to do my own personal homework assignments and it hit me!  All the huge leaders in the Bible had the EXACT SAME worries and fears that not only I have/had but that each of you face as well.  This is soooooo interesting so stay with me. 

Jeremiah told God he didn't know how to speak, because he was too young, God exposed His true motivation for not speaking to be fear. (Jeremiah 1:5-10).  Moses gave God excuses such as the fact that he wasn't eloquent he was slow in speech and tounge (Exodus 3:11 an 4:10). Gideon questioned God, how could he (Gideon) do such things because he was the least and the youngest (Judges 6:15) and he was afraid to do what God wanted him to do so he waited till at night  (Judges 6:25-27) because of his fear of what others would think of him. Paul says in I Corinthians 2:1-5 that he didn't have superiority of speech or of wisdom, he didn't have some great testimony (I've always thought my testimony wasn't that great).  He said he spoke with WEAKNESS, FEAR, and MUCH TREMBLING.  Now does that sound like you??? If the thought of sharing the gospel makes you tremble with fear and weak in the knees you are in the same boat as PAUL!!! He goes on to say that he didn't have persuasive words....but that it was a demonstraton of what the Spirit could do through him with God's power through Him, so that others faith would be in God and not Him.

Sooooo....how does it feel to have the EXACT SAME QUALIFICATIONS as Jeremiah, Moses, Gideon, and Paul???!!!!  Imagine what this world would be like if these HUGE men of God gave into their fears and refused to share God's Word....life as we know it would not be the same.  Are you ready to allow God to use YOU to make a difference in this world?  Somebody's eternity could be altered b/c you allowed God to use YOU as His vessel to share his Law and Grace and Mercy.

 

                                                  

There goes another minute.  Gone forever.  Go share your faith while you still have time.