Luke 21:5-33
It will lead to an opportunity for your testimony. So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; for I will provide you eloquence and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to oppose or refute. (vv. 13-15) The previous verse refers to Jesus’ disciples being brought before kings and governors (see Acts 25 and 26), but for us today it can refer to any opportunity that we find for sharing our faith. About this evangelism topic… Evangelism doesn’t mean that we have to find and share with a nonbeliever. It means sharing our faith, wherever. David taught me/us to pray often for whomever in whatever circumstances I/we find ourselves. So yesterday I had a medical appointment with my P.A., a female going on maternity leave at the end of her shift. I asked her if I could pray for her and she was delighted, almost emotional when I had finished praying. I don’t know her full faith direction, but I know that she is a believer. And my prayer to this believer was a comfort and an encouragement. We can do this, folks! We can share our faith – with whomever, whenever, wherever! It’s like learning a foreign language. Early on you find that you can understand what someone is saying or that you can read what you see written. But you only begin to feel confident in that foreign language when you are more fluent in speech. And that only comes when you start speaking the language – the hardest part for most people, speaking. It’s the same with sharing your faith. You’ll get better once you get started. As the Nike commercial says, “Just do it!”
See also: October 3 / Luke 21:5-19; October 4 / Luke 21:20-33