So many times in my life I have prayed for opportunities to witness to others. Every Mission trip or camp that I have been to I can clearly remember asking God to allow me to be the light of the world. Asking for Him to set me up and prepare me to share His word. But how many times have I truly taken full advantage of the opportunities to do what I have prayed about? The first missed opportunities that I think of are the ones that come to us, Jehovah's Witnesses. Christians and non-Christians alike know who they are and what they want to do. Almost everyone I know has had a couple of people ring the doorbell on a Saturday and want to talk about God and pass out information. But how are we not ashamed when we see them coming and we shut off lights, close blinds, turn down the volume of the TV and sit quietly until they go away? How can we do that but yet during the summer on a mission trip we are fired up and want to tell everyone why we are there and what God can do for them? Have we just become lazy? Or are we just so habitually judgmental that we want to pick and choose who we talk to?
The last time some Jehovah's Witnesses came to my door I had desire to know what they were teaching others and they thought about God. And after referencing the bible with the notes I took and the handouts they gave me I was shocked in many ways. A lot of things were the same. But mostly, I felt like they had twisted words around and just not getting what the bible is saying. After that I studied, I went online, I spoke to some of the pastoral staff of my church. I wanted to be prepared for the next time I got to talk to them.
It wasn't until today that I opened up my old bible and found the notes I had made about witnessing to a Jehovah's Witness. I yearned for another opportunity to speak to them. I want to show them the truth. I started researching again and came across a video on Youtube where three men had about a 30 minute long conversation with a couple of Jehovah's Witnesses. I was shocked again. There were 3 men showing the Jehovah's Witnesses passages from the bible and asking them what they thought it meant. And the answers they gave were so askew from what the meaning was that it broke my heart. And what is really sad is these people are out in the neighborhoods and streets sharing what they think is the truth while we are inside hiding. They are doing what we are called, by God, to do, but they don't have the truth, we do. By us hiding and not going out to share the good news we have, we are letting false teachings be spread even more!
Think about how many people we come in contact with on a daily basis. At work or school. When we go out for breakfast, lunch or dinner. When we go shopping, to a movie, to the park, to the beach. We pass by people everyday that need to hear the word of God. So remember, the next time you pray for a chance to share the love of God, ask God to open your eyes as well. Don't look for someone that "looks" like they need God. We shouldn't try to dictate who gets to hear about Jesus and what he did. Go with a pure heart and strong mind. Pray that God will fill you with the passion to share what He has done for everyone.
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19
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