"I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ" Philemon 6 NIV.
It's been said that love isn't love until you give it away, and the same goes for faith. The biblical faith will create a burning desire within to express itself to others so that they in turn can experience its transforming effect. Our fullest Christian experience is dependant upon sharing the faith with others. As we express to others the unfathomable grace of God in Jesus, we grow in our personal appreciation of God's grace.
Many of us aren’t keen to "collar people for Jesus," and force-feed them the gospel. But, if the faith has profoundly changed us, there is an internal unction for expression through sharing. Increasingly our burden should grow for those outside of Christ, fueled by the joy of leading others to saving faith in the past.
Sadly, there are believers who lament their lukewarm and lackluster Christian experience. Perhaps, in considering Paul's words to Philemon, deficiency results from a lack of sharing their faith.
The true faith must find expression. All should not feel a compulsion to ring doorbells, or hand out tracts at shopping malls, but all should find some genuine form of expression - writing, web publishing, video, radio, personal sharing. A "personal faith" is truly only so when it finds an appropriate avenue of expression.
Here is something to consider in sharing the faith with others: create your own personal evangelism prayer list. List those you know who have not made a commitment to Christ, pray for their spiritual condition, and ask in prayer for opportunities to express your faith through divinely-orchestrated circumstances. Your own faith experience will be enriched even in anticipation of sharing your faith.
There are countless ways to express our faith, but the imperative is that we do so. Not only are the spiritually destitute dependent upon it, but so is our our personal spiritual vitality. May we each be open to the wonderful opportunities for faith expression that will be set before us.
©Steve Taylor, 2023 --Used by permission
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