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There is not a human being on this planet who does not need Jesus Christ.  While it is not in our power as individuals (or even as church groups) to give everyone what they truly need from God, it is in our power to share what we know.

I do not believe that some Christians are born to to tell everyone about Jesus while others are destined to be silent.  I think that God enables every saint of God to share Christ in some meaningful way.  Mostly, we are (all of us) more timid about doing things we've never done before.  But anyone can talk to friends, neighbors, loved ones and total strangers about Jesus Christ. 

I was nervous when I first tried to drive a car.  I think I was even more afraid the first time I turned on my own computer.  I was sure I would do something wrong and ruin the thing. 

I'm sure I was a little nervous the first time I talked to someone about the Lord.  But mostly I was excited.  I wanted everyone I knew to know what had happened to me, and I wanted them to have the same wonderful experience.  Most of my old friends did not want to know what had happened to me.  Seeing the Bible in my hands was enough for them.  They were exactly as I had been before the Lord changed my heart.  But I kept sharing anyway.

When it comes time to share Christ with loved ones or strangers we need to remember the promises and kindness of God.  The Lord Jesus is with us.  The Spirit of God is in us to guide us and use us for good planting, watering and harvesting.  We may sow lots of seed into many hearts before we ever see any signs of good fruit.  We may share Christ for years before anything happens to encourage us on.  But God is working.

God is working, no matter what we see or hear or think or feel.  God is working in the lives of everyone we know and everyone we will ever meet.  He does not wait for us to be born and get saved, and to finally come along with the gospel, to begin His work of grace.  But He does delight in using us to sow good seed, to water what others have sown, and to sometimes bring in a harvest. 

Never doubt and never forget that God is working in Christ to reconcile the world to Himself.  That work began long before the Lord Jesus went to the cross, and it will continue until every lost lamb is safely home.  Everyone needs Jesus, and the Lord will use every means to help them to see that need and to eventually respond to it in faith.

Don't be afraid to share your faith, to tell others what Christ has done — and is doing — in your life.  You may never be a preacher, a teacher, or a theologian.  But you can always be a sower of good seed.  Pray for the Lord to use you and then look for opportunities to simply share what you know.  As one grateful man put it (see John's Gospel, chapter 9), "I was blind, but now I see."