All to Him I Owe

Evangelism does not require an extrovert personality! It does require us to be obedient and loving.

I am afraid that many of us are overwhelmed by the example of evangelistic people who would often be described as being a “people person.” They are outgoing and interesting. They seem to be able to start a conversation with perfect strangers. They have a smile and winning personality that seems to naturally draw people to them. A particular personality may seem like the key ingredient to evangelism but it is not. The Lord does not limit his command to those with certain personalities and neither does he command us to be extroverts.

The gospel’s power is not restrained or enhanced by our personality. In Romans 1:16 Paul states that the gospel “…is the power of God unto salvation.” A gospel message that is this powerful simply needs to be given! I’m convinced that all of us need to simply be obedient to the great commission and go give the gospel. Don’t use your personality as an excuse for failing to obey a God given directive. An introvert personality can be just as equally used as an extrovert personality especially if our obedience is motivated by love. The more we love God and our neighbors the easier it is to rise above the difficulty of a personality to reach someone for Christ.

We are daily walking by people without Christ while the most powerful life changing message is in our hands. What a tragedy for us to waste such a powerful message while we excuse our lack of obedience because of our personality.

Many of us attended the Exchange Seminar and left with an intention to increase our gospel witness. To those who did, I have a question for you: How are you doing? Do you need to get back at it? Make a point this week to pursue one of the people in your find five list.

Many of us have been saved for an extended period of time. Let me ask you this question: When was the last time you initiated a gospel driven relationship with someone and gave the gospel to them?

The excuse of personality is one I highlighted above but is just one of many that we use. Would you join me in throwing out all of our excuses and just obediently, lovingly give the gospel this week?