The Great Commission presented to us in Matthew 28 is something that makes many of us cringe - it is a commission that calls us out of our comfort zone and gives us the responsibility for sharing the gospel to the ends of this earth.

Unfortunately, for many, sharing the gospel is a difficult task, as we have the fear of being rejected, of being persecuted, of not knowing how to respond to the questions and issues the other person raises and so on. That being said though, the Great Commission still exists, and God still asks us to be actively involved in His plans in the lives of those around us.

The real question, though, is "Is sharing the Gospel really that difficult?"

In the mail today I received the December edition of The Briefing - a monthly publication put out by Matthias Media. In this edition is an article titled, "What do you say when …? Taxicab conversations." The whole idea of this article is to provide four simple examples of how a conversation with a Taxi-driver can turn into a discussion about Christ. Now these example conversations, to me, all seem a bit corny, but they do highlight how easy it is to turn an ordinary conversation into one about Christ and our faith.

Opportunities to share our faith and talk about Christ come up all the time in our lives. They come up through the events that are happening around us (e.g. a discussion around events such as 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina can easily turn into a discussion about hope), through sharing what we did over the weekend (e.g. by saying we went to Church), through talking with someone during a hard time (and offering to pray for them), through living a life that is different from the rest of the world, and so on.

What this article showed, and what my own experience has shown, is that opportunities present themselves time and time again, but our difficulty is in identifying how we can use each opportunity, and to put our fears aside and simply trust God to use us and our words.

Coming back to the original question of "Is sharing the Gospel really that difficult?" my answer to that has to be both a yes and a no. Yes it can be difficult as our minds work overtime as to what 'could' happen if they are negative towards us, but no it isn't difficult in that opportunities are always presenting themselves.

So the question we, in fact, should be asking ourselves is, "Are we prepared to be bold in taking those opportunities?"

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