The joyous privilege of sharing the King of Kings with people in the gifts and fruit of the Spirit as a daily lifestyle has taken over my life. I really can't help myself, He has done so much for me. He has rescued me and so many from such darkness that His goodness needs to be known. Besides He is what the whole world is looking, Haggai 2:7...and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory. (KJV) The desire of the nations has already come, and He (Christ in you) is the glory that fills the house (which is us).
What I've seen is that many people have fear involved with the idea of sharing Jesus with the world, due to the fact that they think they have to share some formula or method in order to fulfill the task. Yes, their is training and growing that comes with learning how to effectively partner with Holy Spirit in loving people as you go daily. But the powerful and truth full simplicity of the Kingdom is that we can all love someone. Can you love someone? Can you be generous? Can you be kind? Can you encourage someone? We all can do that, and their is far more power in that then we realize.
When we learn to stay in that flow of kindness and love the supernatural aspect of sharing Jesus flows in a far more natural way. The mountain that so many make out of needing "boldness" melts away and what used to scare us becomes normal.
The truth is this, God is speaking to all men all the time. So a formula or method to share Jesus is not partnering with heaven to bring people to their loving Father. Some times the method can push a person a bit further from God instead of bring them closer. Most people get turned off by a religious agenda, especially when interrupting them on the streets with it. But I have yet to see someone turned of by a love filled supernatural encounter with Holy Spirit.
Look at this in Proverbs 8, 1 Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice? 2 On top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, she takes her stand; 3 Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out: 4 “To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. (NASB)
So wisdom, which is a female spirit, is in the marketplace crying out to all men. Not only in the marketplace, but standing on top of a building at the busiest intersection with high pitched screams of joy toward all people. That is the obvious manner that God is speaking to all people. In verse 3 the words "she cries out" in Hebrew mean, a joyful and ringing cry. Imagine a woman standing on top of a platform in the middle of Time Square New York on a Friday night joyfully screaming great advice to everyone walking by. That's what she, wisdom, is doing. So a religious method or formula most often deviates from what God has been speaking and trying to do in a persons life that doesn't know Him.
Knowing Holy Spirit's voice makes the "great co-mission" outrageously fun. He tells us what He has been talking to them about, whether they know it's Him or not, and we get to partner with Him and highlight to them what God has been trying to get their attention with. The risk of stepping out and speaking what your hearing is not a risk when your lens and motive is love. If your willing to look like a fool for Jesus for a moment, He will make you look like a genius for a life time. It's a good trade.
This Bill Johnson quote changed many things for me when it came to sharing Jesus with strangers in the marketplace as a daily lifestyle, "For too long the church has been answering questions the world is not asking."
Would you want to be interrupted in the middle of your day by a person that wants to give you all the answers to questions your not asking? Or better yet, or worse depending how you see it, a person that is trying to tell you answers to questions that you have no value for.
When we partner with heaven and kindly love people in the marketplace, by saying what He is saying and doing what He is doing, miraculous and glorious results follow. Holy Spirit uses us to show up and answer the questions they have been asking in their heart, be it a need for healing, or prophetic insight for a issue in their life, needed encouragement, etc... Not only do we show up with the answers, but we show up with the answers having never heard the question. It's gets their attention and naturally this is what happens, they start asking the right questions.
When we say what God is saying to people in love, it creates a value for the right questions. Because when He speaks it creates goodness in people's hearts, so after their heart gets an injection of His love laced words what is in the heart comes out of the mouth. Love always handles the issue at hand and that stirs up the curiosity for people to ask the questions they should be asking about God. It is much easier, quicker, God like, more effective, and fun.
Someone is much more open to know what the cross is all about after their 5yrs of knee pain left in a heart beat because someone dared to love them and believe Jesus is who He says He is. In America most, almost all, have heard the basic death and resurrection story of Jesus and how He is the Son of God that paid for our sin. They of course probably don't understand it all, but they have heard it. What a lot all of unsaved America hasn't experienced, is someone walking out the reality of heaven on earth right in front of them. It's what they are truly looking for and want in the first place. Everyone wants a King like Jesus.
We do a lot of Kingdom work in Tijuana, Mexico in the Red Light District area, and have been for a couple years now. Recently I was leading a team of people in that area at night to activate them in the simplicity of partnering with Holy Spirit and loving people. We were praying for a sweet old lady's knee and a group of 3 college students stopped and were watching as I was on one knee with my hand on her knee. After her knee was better I stood and began talking with one of them, as they had questions about what I was doing.
We explained and then they explained they were there investigating the area about the prostitution problem. I asked if I could pray for them before they left, one of the girls said no. So I just started telling one of the girls what Holy Spirit was showing me about her life. Then the girl that said we couldn't prayer for them said, "Everything you just told her is exactly what she if doing with her life. Ok, do me now!" All 3 of them got detailed words from their Holy Spirit and then they were open to a conversation about Jesus.
All situations are different with people as we go, but Holy Spirit knows everyone and everything everyone has been through. Saying what He is saying cuts right to people's hearts in love. He is the best evangelist their is.
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