What are You Waiting For?
He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow,
and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 (Amplified Version)
A lot of Christians fall into the category of observing the wind and waiting for conditions to be favorable before they evangelize when it comes to witnessing. Have any of the following excuses kept you from sharing your faith?
• Waiting until you feel like it. If you wait until your flesh feels like witnessing then you might as well be waiting for hell to freeze over or for the Kansas City Chiefs to win a Super Bowl because it aint gonna happen. Our flesh wasn’t made to do spiritual things any more than a car was made to fly. We need to make our flesh pray, read the Bible and tell others about Jesus. Once you get past the flesh and the lies of devil and begin to witness to people you will be glad that you did. Witnessing brings joy and fulfillment to us and salvation to lost and hurting souls.
• Waiting until you feel the anointing. Remember, we walk by faith and not sight or feelings. The Word of God says that if you’re saved and have received Jesus in your life then according to 1 John 2:27 you are already anointed because it says, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,…” So in other words you already have an anointing on you to evangelize if you are saved whether you feel the anointing or not. That anointing will come on people as you are witnessing to them and it will cause the blinders to come off of their spiritual eyes and it will break the yoke of sin and bondage from their lives. Claim and confess Luke 4:18, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor;…” You may be thinking that this verse was for Jesus but remember that the Bible says we are joint heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus so whatever He has we have including this promise. As you confess Luke 4:18 for yourself then your faith will grow and increase that the anointing to win souls is on your life.
• Waiting until you are prayed up. Don’t use this as an excuse as we have just stated the anointing to minister is already on you if you are saved.
• Waiting because you feel too sad and depressed to witness. Witnessing to someone about Jesus will bring you joy. If you will just open up your mouth and preach Jesus to people your sadness will flee away and gladness will come in its place. After the 70 went out the Bible says in Luke 10:17 that they returned with joy. In 1 Kings 19 Elijah the prophet was depressed and even suicidal because Jezebel was out to kill him. So what did God do to get him out of the depression? God gave Elijah a ministry assignment. He told Elijah to go and anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. You see, one of the quickest ways to get rid of depression is to step out and minister to other people. If you want to live a happy and fulfilled life, tell people everyday how to get to heaven.
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