Can evangelism happen in different ways? Or is there only one way to evangelize? This has been something I have been pondering
this week.
My original expectation of evangelism was where you would go out 2-by-2
and specifically share the gospel message with someone. I thought it should be more direct and
specific. That’s what I would have
called evangelism. So, when I ended up
doing puppet shows this week more than one-on-one conversations, I began to
question—am I really evangelizing?
Honestly, I felt discouraged because I felt like what I was doing was
not making a difference for the Kingdom.
You should know, the puppet show was giving a gospel message—so can I
call that evangelizing? What do you
think?
As the week has gone on, I’ve come to a personal conclusion that this
puppet ministry was indeed evangelizing.
Jesus said, let the little children come to me. God knew this was the plan for me for this
week before I did. I had expectations of
ministering one-on-one with Muslim women, but that’s not what happened.
While originally I felt like I didn’t do much this week, other than let
the inner child in me come out doing the puppet show, now I’m changing my
thoughts on that. I DID evangelize this
week. I did what was placed in front of
me. I know many seeds were planted this
week in all we did--I pray that each child who heard the powerful message
during the week will come to know Jesus one day.
As I think about returning home, I still have much to process in
regards to Islam and the few conversations I did have with Muslims. I am challenged. I am thankful for this time of year when we
celebrate the amazing gift of Jesus. And
I return home, knowing I was obedient to Jesus in all I did this week.