Let's Be Engaging!

Would you be willing to be 100% honest with yourself and your answers to the following questions?

• Do I love lost people and want them to enter a life-giving relationship with Jesus?
• What evidence do I see that affirms or refutes my answer to the first question?

Did you answer honestly? Are you okay with your answers? Why or why not? A recent report from Pew Research Center concluded that Evangelical Christians do not seem to be in relationship with lost people. If our mission is to introduce people to Jesus, transform them through the truth of the Bible, the one thing that should not be taken for granted is engaging with them. Yet, that seems to be precisely what we are doing. Most of us are cloistered away in a ‘Holy Huddle’ or ‘Christian Clique’ that there is very little engagement with the lost.

I am praying and hoping that you and I, as Christians, will be heartbroken over people’s lost-ness. That we would have the courage to speak favorably about Jesus in public. That we would NOT be like those in John 7:13, ‘No one had the courage to speak favorable about Jesus in public.’ Rather, have the resolve of the Apostle Paul ‘one night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid, keep on speaking, do not be silent” (Acts 18:9).

There is a singular truth that must be championed again and again and again: lost people matter to God, therefore they should matter to us. The Bible makes it clear that the way someone far from God draws close to God is if someone close to God goes far to reach them (see Romans 10:14-15).

Let’s get engaged with the people who are lost. Let’s love them, engage them, and share Christ with them. The rewards of engagement, standing courageously for the truth, speaking boldly of your faith will last forever. Hebrews 10:35 says, ‘Do not lose your courage, then, because it brings with it great reward.’