Many people have an apprehension about witnessing, even though they have the best message in the entire world. You may be one of them. Because of this fear, many flat-out refuse to share the great God that we so proudly praise on Sunday mornings. It’s a little easier to talk about God, praise God, and be a Christian when you’re surrounded by other Christians.

That’s why Peter and John returned to their own company after they were released from prison in Acts. That’s why Jesus sent the disciples out 2 by 2. That’s why it’s good to have a church family, surround yourself with Christian friends, and have that inner circle that is unapologetically and unashamedly Christian.

But even if you have all of those things, what happens when you’re by yourself? What happens when you’re at school, at work, or at Walmart and God tells you to go and tell someone about Him?

Are you going to shoot a quick text to your friends with the prayer emoji? No. That alone gives more questions than answers. Well, first off, understand and come to the realization; get the revelation that the same God that calls you to something empowers you to do something. In every instance in the Bible, if God called someone to do something, He empowered them to do so. Without fail.

And God has called all of us to tell the world about Him. And He sent the Holy Spirit to empower us to do so. That power manifests in several ways. It comes in boldness; it comes in words; it comes in bringing to remembrance things that have happened to you that would help someone else.

However, just because God has empowered us, that doesn’t mean we need to neglect the things we know or should know to do. I like what someone said about tithing. We give God the tithe, and He blesses us, but the blessing from the tenth can’t help too much when we’re wasting the other 90.

God may provide us the tools, but we still have to use them. He’s given us a brain, and we need to use it. We should be prepared. If someone came up to you right now and asked how to get saved, would you know what to say? If they came up and asked why you’re a Christian, what would you say? If you don’t know the answer to either of those questions, it’s pretty obvious that you’re not expecting it to happen. You don’t have faith for it. If you couldn’t answer those questions when someone comes to you, how are you going to help someone when you’re sent to them?

Preparation is key. Preparation time is never wasted time, but don’t waste the preparation time.

There are tools online that will help you craft your personal testimony, like the Faith Story app. I’ll put a link down in the comments about that. If we’re not prepared to reach people, then we’re not expecting to reach people. Prepare yourself. All throughout the Bible, the great leaders and men and women of faith went through a time of preparation to prepare them for what God had called them to do. Abraham, Moses, David, Daniel, Esther—the list goes on.

If they had to be prepared, we definitely need to be.

There’s one other thing that happens, and I think it is a great hinderance to Christians sharing their faith. That’s the thought of rejection. The idea of rejection is so great that many people don’t even bother. The Bible says that the thing that Job greatly feared came upon him. Many people make sure that doesn’t happen by not even stepping out to do what God has called them to do. So they latch on to the complicity in doing nothing. The Apostle Paul, on the other hand, was so passionate about reaching his fellow Jews that he expressed that if it meant they could be saved, he would be willing to sacrifice himself, even be cut off from Christ.

Now don’t get caught up in comparing yourself to him. None of us would probably measure up, and it would be foolish anyway and a sin. What we should take from that is that we should be passionate about reaching people.

Here’s what seems to be a big hindrance as well: So many people seem to think it all rests on their shoulders. They take this great weight of salvation and put it on them. Can I get this person saved? I’m not worthy. I can’t do this. Of course you can’t. You can’t save anything, and you probably can’t talk to people as eloquently as Moses.

That’s why God sent Christ and the Holy Spirit. He sent Christ to save people, so you don’t need to worry or be in fear about that. And you don’t have to worry about what to say or do. That’s on the Holy Spirit. He’s come to empower us to be witnesses. He’s the helper.

He’s the helper. Not the doer. He came to help. Not to do. You’re the doer. Or at least you’re supposed to be. We’re told to be doers of the Word. The Word says GO! If we go, the Holy Spirit is going to help us go.

All we are is a saved, sanctified, redeemed messenger. We need to get that in us and through us. Meditate on that. We’re just a person delivering a message. We’re just a farmer sowing seeds. And some times we get blessed and get to see a harvest on not just the seed we sow, but the seed others have most likely sown.

So don’t get caught up in the thoughts and ideas and fears that the devil will try to bring to you. Actually, there’s no trying at all. He’s going to bring them. But you reject them. You cast them down because they’re trying to rise against the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. You step out and step up to do what God has called you to do. Open your mouth and let the Lord fill it with what you need to say. Populate Heaven and empty Hell as much as possible.

Meditate on the Word. Fill yourself up with so much of God’s thoughts on who you are and what you can do that there’s no room for the thought of the enemy to get in. That’s it for today. Thank you for your time. Stay blessed and stay with the Word and the Spirit.