That was the answer from one of my two listeners from Germany, when I asked them, “What do you think what life is all about?”
I asked that question while I was witnessing, telling them about the Lord Jesus Christ.
My desire as a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ is to grow spiritually and one of the best ways to do that is to tell others about the Lord.
We have the message, but if we want people to respond
1. We must ask the Lord to open hearts.
In the Bible we are reading about a woman called Lydia . She listened to the message of the apostle Paul and the Lord opened her heart. She was from Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. She was also a worshiper of God.
Acts 16:14
“The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.”
While we are witnessing we must at the same time ask the Lord to open the hearts of our hearers! – Read about Lydia in the book of Acts, Acts chapter 16:11-15
2. We must ask the Lord to open blind minds.
The minds of unbelievers are blinded. Who has blinded the minds of unbelievers? The devil! Unbelievers are blind to the light of the gospel.
While we are witnessing we must at the same time ask the Lord to open the blind minds of the unbelieving listeners.
Second Corinthians 4:4
“The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
3. We must ask the heavenly Father to plant plants.
In Matthew 15:13 the Lord Jesus Christ says:
“‘Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.'”
I know that I am a plant, a believer, planted by the heavenly Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you?
While we are witnessing we must ask the heavenly Father of the Lord Jesus Christ to plant plants.
Let me summarize with Acts 13:48!
But most of all we must ask the Lord to lead us to people who are appointed for eternal life.
Acts 13:48
“When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honered the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.”
“You must be thirsty after all that being awesome.” That was written at the top of one refrigerator. And at the top of the second smaller fridge in the Subway restaurant I read “Feed your thirst”.
Our body thirsts for all sorts of drinks. And there are so many!
But what about our soul? What does our soul thirsts for?
The psalmist in psalm 42 in the Bible says that his soul thirsts for the living God.
We read about David in the Bible and his soul thirsts also for God. David says also that his soul thirsts for God like a parched land. Psalm 63:1; Psalm 143:6
Is your soul thirsting for the LIVING GOD?
There is an invitation to the thirsty at the beginning of chapter 55 in Isaiah. We are invited to come to the waters. And it is all free. Isaiah 55:1
And this is what the Lord Jesus Christ says in the gospel of John:
“‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.'” – John 7:37,38
“To make the world a better place.”
