Somewhere along the line, sharing our faith with those who are far from God has been watered down to simply telling people about Jesus. While that does play a vital part in our mission to “go and make disciples”…it was never meant to be the only part.
We must not only share the Gospel in word but in the way that we live. If those outside of a relationship with God are to believe that He can radically change their lives then they must see that we are radically changed. And then, once they do submit their lives to Christ, we cannot leave them there and move on to the next fish.
We MUST begin to walk out faith with those around us.
That’s what Jesus did. He did not only call 12 men around Him, he walked with them for three years. He demonstrated love, power, authority, Truth, sacrifice. He “did life” with those he was leading.
We have to stop leading people with our words and start leading them with our lives. Paul told those following him to, “imitate me as I imitate Christ.” (1 Cor. 11:1) That’s a bold statement to make. We must live our lives in a way that people who want to know what it means to be like Jesus can watch us and do what we do…and not just what we say.
