Lest I convey the false impression that I'm a fearless evangelist and have totally overcome all fear, let me set the record straight. I battle fears and anxieties in witnessing all the time. I find that I can't afford to let up on my prayer for boldness and fearlessness. I have to keep asking God to cause me to have enough love and compassion for those potentially lost to overcome the sometimes paralyzing inertia of my fleshly apathy or anxiety.
Today, I went to a Republican Club lunch meeting with a friend from church. After lunch, we struck up a conversation with a gentleman in the hotel business who was from a town just outside of Mumbai, India. My friend informed our new Indian friend that I was going to India soon. For business, he asked. Yes, I said. I didn't offer that it was primarily for missions.
But, my Christian friend later asked me if I had a million dollar bill gospel tract to give to our new Indian friend. That stirred me up to action, and I gave him the tract as we were leaving the lunch program together.
Our Indian friend did not leave with us, so I didn't ask him about his spiritual beliefs or eternal destiny. I flat chickened out. That's all there was to it. The only reason I gave out the tract was because my Christian friend encouraged me to do it. We MUST have constant encouragement to overcome our fears. I need it, too, despite my growing experience in striving to share daily.
The good news is that my new Indian friend emailed me later in the afternoon. He was following up on my expression of interest in talking to him more about India. I pray the Lord will enable me to boldly and tactfully raise the subject of his eternal destiny in the near future and that, if he is not a believer, will trust Christ for salvation.
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