𝑰 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑳𝑫𝑵’𝑻 𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑪𝑯 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑮𝑼𝒀

Now anyone would see my topic and start thinking about a million things. Idara saw someone she could have spoken to about Jesus, yet didn’t because the guy was drop – dead gorgeous or she was just scared about letting him know she was a Christian girl.

Sorry, Thinkerbelles and Thinkerguys, it’s far from that. First the guy didn’t look attractive, or maybe he used to, but for some reason he caused himself he wasn’t that fine to me. Err, forgive me for saying someone God created wasn’t fine, he’s fine o, probably in the eyes of other persons, but for me? Neh, I’m sorry I’ll pass. This tells you nothing about standards for me, so again, don’t overthink. Thank you.

Now why didn’t I preach to this guy?
Walk with me. I returned home from school a long while ago, and I’ve been indoors, the first time I stepped out, I came face to face with someone I’ve never really liked since my secondary school days. It isn’t hate. It’s just knowing or seeing something this person did and it changed the way I started seeing him. He isn’t a Christian, but that wasn’t even the reason. I don’t hate people because they don’t believe in God, I don’t grow close to them too, I just pray for them and preach to them when I get the chance.

This guy was totally different. I didn’t want to be around him.
Seeing him today triggered the feeling again and even when he tried to start a conversation, I couldn’t find the right vibes. To think that I used to like this person when I was in my very early teen age. I was young then, but when I think about it now, I suddenly feel like puking.
Back to the story, he was saying something and I was looking for a quick way to fly up the stairs, until I suddenly felt this soft feeling in my mind, ‘You could tell him about Jesus.’

Ewweeey!
I found a ready excuse, ‘Jesus, I don’t feel comfortable around this person.’
A different labourer will find him. It felt very normal to talk about how I didn’t want to be around this person and how God will understand because God loves me. It was after some time I started feeling very odd and I realized I was selfish.
I chose me and how I was feeling over telling someone about Jesus’ saving Grace.
What if that was the last time I saw him? So many what ifs ran through my head. So many promises I’ve made to myself to put my selfish emotions behind me and just make sure I’m not the reason someone spends eternity in hell when he or she dies.
I remembered every single time and writing this now, in the comfort of my home, I’ve decided to make a difference. To make things right whenever I get the chance. I understood God would have made things different about how I felt, if I had given Him the chance. I guess I wouldn’t even have felt that way around that person because love covers a multitude of sins. (Prov.10.12 – Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.)

I’m sharing this because some of us seem to have all the right excuses why we shouldn’t do what we feel led to do. Many times we don’t realize how funny those excuses are until it is late. I always bring many things down to love, because Jesus commanded us to love. How do you show you love God? By loving people, and you show you love people by telling them about Jesus. (1John.4.20 – If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?)
Introduce them to this person who saved you.

When you truly love someone, you let go of some of your freedom in order to serve the best interest of the person. Because we love this person we wouldn’t take the action that we feel like taking, even though we have the freedom to take it, simply because it isn’t in the best interests of the receiver of the action. (I Cor. 6: 12)

Today, make a decision too. If you can tell this person about Jesus, in a safe and open place though, then you should. It means you love the person enough to do something about where such a person will spend eternity.

Thank you for reading.

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I love you, and God loves you even better.
Keep basking in God’s Love.

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