BECOMING A BRIDGE

Often our mouths are shut when the urge to proclaim the Gospel to our close relations arises. There are thoughts that hinder us, criticizing our inability to speak about the Gospel. We may feel insignificant, low, and not adept in evangelistic matters. Perhaps we also do not know how to start a conversation about the Gospel.

However, our logical thinking contradicts what the Apostle John narrates. Amazingly, Jesus spoke to a Samaritan woman. Women are viewed as lowly by the Jews, let alone Samaritan women, deemed impure in terms of religion. Moreover, Jesus knew that this woman was not righteous. The secretive behavior of drawing water in the middle of the day indicated that she avoided the crowd who spoke ill of her. She was surprised why Jesus asked her for water. He even offered her living water. Then, He also revealed her secret by saying that this woman had five husbands and one affair.

The woman eventually believed that the one speaking to her was the Messiah. She then conveyed this to the people in her town and invited them to meet Christ. They too believed when they met Christ themselves.

We should not feel inferior. Even if we are not good at proclaiming the Gospel, at the very least, we can become a bridge. Whether as a connecting bridge or through our life testimony. --HEM/www.renunganharian.net