During the past month, I have felt that sitting at the same
lunch table every day with the same three girls isn’t fulfilling my goals for
the Jesus Mission. Although I love sitting and talking to my friends, usually
the lunch time discussions at school aren’t very interactive or glorifying to
God. My thought was, “am I glorifying God by where I am, sitting with these
girls and not being part of a conversation that doesn’t encourage me to witness
to others?” Through this, I realized that I hadn’t been doing anything to
encourage others to follow Christ because I was comfortable in my environment.
As a
Christian, you cannot live a life that is unnoticed. “Your faith should be
public, not private,” said Nathan Bramsen, leader of Youth Conference at Camp
Hope (http://www.camphopega.org/).
Christians should be so in love and ultimately drowned in God’s love that they
cannot contain the excitement of his love to us, which will result in a life
that is shining Christ through all things. I realized that my light was not
shining where I was at lunch because I was so comfortable with these girls that
I wasn’t pushing myself and putting myself out of my comfort zone to encourage
others. Because of this, my friends and I moved to a different table with a lot
of different people during lunch, so that I would be out of my comfort zone and
more willing to be a witness to other people.
Even
though many people at school say they believe in God and are Christians, it is
obvious by looking at the choices they make and what they invest in as to who
they really are. My goal these next few months is to witness more to others and
not be afraid to share my faith with others, even if they say they are already
a Christian.
