Impressions from Jesus Freaks
evangelism April 24, 2013
This is my second attempt at street
evangelism. It was like shock and awe, being exposed to a bone
chilling coldness on a warm evening. I felt like a deer in headlights
trying to follow Mike’s leading into the storm of insanity that is
downtown Minneapolis on a Friday night. Oh, and don’t forget about
my mind numbing terror riding right on the back of the Holy Spirit’s
prompting and urging!
This was not the safe haven of Wayzata
Free Church. It was all the world’s rawness in living color. It was
the Lord verses the proud and arrogant all over again.
We were seeking out the lost and
hurting. The Lord has given me an outgoing personality, but even so,
I felt strangely out of place. I was desperately holding on to God’s
promises of protection and hope while being confronted with my former
life in the abyss of sin and rebellion.
When I think back on the evening, I
see many faces. There were faces of mistrust, suspicion, anger,
pride, pain, hurt and a quiet desperation. I felt like I had marbles
in my mouth while trying to get the right words out. It just seems so
hard to break through the fog of this world. There are many time that
I don’t even know why God reached down and pulled me out of the
slimy pit. God broke me down until I had to finally admit I wasn’t
going anywhere fast.
The bottom line is, I will continue to
do what is necessary to serve my Lord Jesus. All I can and want to
do is be the Jeremiah 20:9 guy He made me to be.
Andy L.
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