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Evangelism: Comfort Zone?
1 CommentsJim Donohue pointed out in his message this Sunday that many of us have a hard time using the words “evangelism” and “comfort” in the same sentence. The whole idea of sharing the gospel and the awkward social interactions that might go along with it scares us off. As Jim put it, “Stopping what we are doing to invest our lives and build relationships with unbelievers seems unpleasant ... It seems messy. It seems like it would be very uncomfortable, and we don’t like to be uncomfortable.”
Jim went on to read this helpful quote from Mark McCloskey’s book, Tell It Often-Tell It Well: Making the Most of Witnessing Opportunities:
For most of us, evangelism is not a comfortable activity. Here we often face the ‘chicken and the egg’ dilemma. We reason, ‘I don’t want to do evangelism unless it feels natural.’ This feeling is quite understandable. But what we really are saying is, ‘I’ll do it when it’s in my comfort zone.’ And how does any activity get to the point where it ‘feels natural’? You guessed it—by doing it. Only personal experience broadens the boundaries of our comfort zone.
Being with those who don’t know the Savior might put you in some uncomfortable situations. Tomorrow we’ll post a video clip where Jim shares one of his own.
We’re so with you on this Josh. Sherly and I want to step up our efforts to reach those whom God has placed us amongst, our neighbors.
By peter giglio on 04/01/2009Just like Jim said, we get so busy with church stuff and our own stuff that it leaves little room for being interrupted by those in need and little time for being intentional on connecting with the lost. Jesus said “You are in the world but not of it” but are we really even in the world?
Thanks for encouraging us in this and putting it front and center. We will definitely be discussing this at care group.
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