Got Witnessing Power?
The Bible says, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs
3:5-6 (KJV)
When
Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission, he often interviewed candidates for the mission field. On one occasion,
he met with a group of applicants to determine their motivations for service. “And why do you wish to go as a foreign
missionary?” he asked one. “I want to go because Christ has commanded us to go into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature,” was the reply. Another said, “I want to go because millions are perishing without Christ.”
Others gave different answers. Then Hudson Taylor said, “All of these motives, however good, will fail you in times
of testings, trials, tribulations, and possible death. There is but one motive that will sustain you in trial and testing;
namely, the love of Christ”.
Why
do we sometimes find it difficult to trust in the Lord, especially with all of our heart? This may hurt but unfortunately,
I submit it’s because we don’t love the Lord. Now, you see, we can’t trust a person that we don’t
love.
Why don’t we love Him? It’s because we don’t
know Him like we should. If we knew Him, we’d love Him for He is altogether lovely and He’s altogether trustworthy.
Why don’t we know Him? It’s because we don’t spend enough time
with Him. How can we do that? We need to spend time in His Word. We need to spend time in prayer. We need to spend time with
His Believers. Relationships are built upon investments in these areas. To know Him is to love Him and when we love Him we
will trust Him. When we trust Him we will not lean on our own understanding and in all our ways acknowledge Him and His Holy
Spirit with direct our paths!
When we truly love the Lord we will become
filled with a Holy Boldness which will overcome inhibitions of telling others about our Redeemer Friend. We will triumph over
the roadblocks and trials of witnessing for Him!
Daily Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Samuel
5:1-10; 1 Chronicles 11-12
