Living in 3D

I don't know about you, but during that past week with all these ideas in my head of "walking across the rooms" and "entering zones of the unknown," I found myself strangely preoccupied with people! People at the store. People jogging on the sidewalk. People in cars stuck in traffic. People sitting in the restaurants I went to for lunch. All sorts of people. I'd look at them-really look at them-and go, "Okay, God...am I supposed to be feeling anything right now? Do You want me to do something here...maybe give them a taste of the single greatest gift thing?"

It was uncanny! Did you all experience this too? Let me give you just one example of something that happened as a result of having this new perspective on evangelism. Last week when visiting a River of Lifer at Mercy Hospital I was waiting for what seemed like an eternity, for an elevator. There was a man at my side, probably in his early sixties, holding a bouquet of flowers with a sad look on his face. I simply said, "Hospitals can be difficult places to visit", and he responded and shared how his wife was struggling to live. The conversation was short, probably only two minutes, but when I got off the elevator (it finally did come and we were the only two on it) he simply said, "Nice talking with you."

The bottom line: I felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to have a caring conversation with a complete stranger. It felt a bit awkward, and I don't know the "rest of his story" but I was simply obedient to a prompting from God.

Friends, please know that we are in this together! I'm learning right alongside you. As a reminder to us all, the reason for this four-week focus on this area of evangelism is NOT so that we can just burn through some of our ministry calendar. Remember the real reason we're doing this experience is so that we can all become walk-across-the-room-people. That's the real reason! Because walk-across-the-room-people are typically the ones who get to be used in pointing people far from God to faith.

Please be reminded the reason we want to point people to faith is because pointing people to faith is what God's heart beats for. He gave his one and only Son to reach lost people; to help lost people to get found! And for those for you who really and truly desire to become more like Christ in your, I have some good news for you; you become most like Him when you help Him help lost people get found.

On the Victory Side,

Dave