I have a confession to make. I have a weak faith. Yet, I am an outspoken evangelist. How can these polar opposites both be true?
Because it’s all about love.
“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
— John 13:35 NKJV
We recently had an incredible evangelism seminar at my church. The pastor in the video said, “What is your favorite thing to talk about? It’s not Jesus.”
I turned to the head of the evangelism committee and whispered, “It is for me!”
And I thought to myself, “It’s not that I’m more holy or faith-filled than anyone else. I just love to talk about Jesus more than anything, because I LOVE Him more than anything, and I want to help prepare people for His return.”
If you’re reading this blog, most likely—you also love Jesus more than anything. But you, or someone you know, may not feel entirely comfortable talking about Jesus.
Usually, it’s because people want to be liked, and they’re afraid the person they speak to won’t like them. That’s where the Holy Spirit comes in. He lets you know when to speak to someone or to pass them by.
As I mentioned earlier, I have a weak faith—even though I’m the Chapter Director for the Hollywood Prayer Network (HPN U.S.) in Grand Haven, Michigan. I’m still the first to fall apart and doubt God’s love or protection the moment something bad happens.
Actually, I recently had minor surgery and infections afterward. I was a complete basket case for over a month. I was just a wreck. But that drove me to repentance and to more intentionally seek out ladies at our church for more fellowship beyond the weekly prayer events for women.
I admit to my lack of faith and trust in God. And I’ve repented. But with me being so weak, how is it that I can be completely comfortable witnessing to a Satanist in the frozen food aisle at Walmart?
We were at Walmart last fall, and I said to a guy, “God bless you! Jesus loves you!” His eyes turned dark, demonic, and he said, “Hail Satan!”
I said, “Satan doesn’t love you, Jesus does!” Then I turned to his mom, in a wheelchair cart, and said, “Jesus loves you.” She said, “Jesus loves you,” back to me, so I knew this mom grieved her lost son.
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Then I lifted up my hands in the main aisle, by the frozen fish, and said, “Jesus, please show this young man that You are real and that You love him!”
And then I felt God’s power flowing through me as we walked away. It was so exhilarating!
It’s all about love.
The evangelism seminar really drove that point home for me. When the pastor said, “What do you love talking about the most? It’s not Jesus,” I immediately thought, “Well, actually it is for me.”
But I also thought, “How do you couple that with me completely falling apart these past few months over some minor health trials?”
I realized Jesus said, “They’ll know you are My disciples by your love.” He didn’t say, “by your faith,” which we each have in different measures (Romans 12:3).
So, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Corinthians 13:1, ESV)
That helps me understand why I can witness to a Satanist without fear, but still crumble with worry when trials hit my own life.
Jesus said, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45). So, I am speaking from what fills the very depths of my heart—my love for Jesus and my burning desire to help others come to know His saving love. (He is coming soon, and I want to work with the Holy Spirit to help rescue as many souls from Hell as possible.)
But yet, my trust in Him is not always steady. And I repent.
But learning the distinction between the two is important.
I am saved. I am weak. But His grace is sufficient for me, and His power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).
The key is that I am saved!
Unlike the Satanist that I encountered, I have consolation that though I’m weak, I’m SAVED!
Because it is all about our heart posture before the living God—not faith alone. James 2:19 boldly reminds us that even the devils have faith in God and they tremble!
So, if you know someone who is afraid to talk about Jesus, gently invite them to examine their hearts. Tell them it’s okay if people don’t like them when they talk about Jesus. Because it’s not that the people don’t like them, it’s that they don’t like JESUS. (John 15:18)
And then pray for them.
It is never too late for a person. Consider that Satanist, for example. An unbeliever may have a praying mother, and your dialogue is the answered prayer.
Don’t be afraid to love people enough to tell them that Jesus loves them. And if you sense that you shouldn’t say something—don’t force it. That’s the Holy Spirit telling you to keep silent.
The bottom line is that it is all about love.
Sometimes, the things we love to talk about most hold the deepest place in our hearts. If Jesus is not the first thing that springs to mind, it may be that He is calling you deeper.
I am obsessed with Jesus.
He is all I want to talk about, all I think about, and all I want is to be with Him.
It is this deep, burning anticipation of His return that drives me. It is my mission in life to help prepare people for His return, because I know it’s CLOSE. And I want to help save as many souls as possible from an eternity of damnation and torture, because without Christ they are doomed.
So, I urge you to examine your heart. Repent of whatever the Holy Spirit is convicting you of—like me, with my weak faith. And above all, love Jesus like He’s coming back this second.
“He who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming quickly.’ Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!” — Revelation 22:20, NKJV
HALLELUJAH! AMEN, Jesus! We love You and can’t WAIT to see You coming in the clouds for us!
