The Person of Peace
We see lots of different faces every day. We look into the faces of people who are far from God. Even though these people are missing the covenant of our loving Father, we usually walk right past them oblivious.
We are often afraid that evangelism must be some sort of spiritual mugging. The LORD does not call us to carry out evangelism as warfare where we have to take down the biggest and baddest atheistic Goliath we know. Evangelism is more natural and simple than most of us think.
Inviting people into the Kingdom is natural and simple.
When Jesus sent out his disciples, he said, “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.” (Luke 10:5-6) Jesus is telling us that as we go about our day, we are to be looking out for the Person of Peace.
The Person of Peace is someone who is open to hearing the message of Christ and His kingdom. They are captive to what God gives you to say in that moment. Rather than thinking we have to toil to bring someone to faith, we simply need to tune in with God to connect with the people he is already preparing.
So our prayer as we head out into our day should be: “Bring me into an encounter with a person of peace and give me your grace speak your message to this person.”
Evangelism is natural and simple. We simply have to have our spiritual eyes open to see the person of peace we come across. Prayer is critical to perceiving the people we know who the LORD is making ready.
Jesus gave the great commission, “GO and make disciples.” (Mt 28:19) Even in this critical kingdom assignment, God does most of the work.
One tool you may want to use are the Resurrection Church business cards with a blank space for you to write your name and a map to the church and the service times on the back.
“I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of
every good thing we have in Christ.” (Philemon 6)
Your friend in Christ, Douglas
