Part 5: God wants to raise up an Army of Little Davids. Are you ready?

Once, a very long time ago, God sent Samuel to the house of Jesse in search of the future King of Israel. The anointing oil flowed from Samuel onto the young son of Jesse, who was merely a shepherd boy.

This little Shepherd boy defeated Goliath and the mighty Phillistian army, while the great commanders of war looked on with stupefied wonder.

David knew little of the mechanics of war, He knew nothing of tactical warfare, and most importantly he knew too little to cower in fear.

We can, if we want, call him naive and inexperienced. If we were to choose someone for such an important task in today's world we would infact pass over David for his naivety and inexperience.

BUT GOD CHOSE HIM! WHY?

He was young and simple of heart, he knew not to doubt the wisdom of his actions but knew how to step out in confidence and faith without dwelling on his inadequacies. He knew that even his skills as a shepherd can be put to good use to fight the war for God. He KNEW NO FEAR.

That is why God wants to raise up an army of Little Davids. He is not calling out to the mighty evangelisers, he is not calling out to the large institutional churches, he is not calling out to hardened men of the world. He is calling out to you and me --- the little people of the world --- to say a strong and big yes to him. A YES founded in trust and conveyed with strength of heart and confidence of demeanour.

He knows that you and me will be the best army suited for his purpose. But we need to STOP focussing on our inadequacies and inexperience, and shrug away our impotence to do anything and say that BIG yes with all our heart mind and soul.

Are you ready to be naive, laughed at, ridiculed and yet stand proudly upright to serve Our Father?

Contact the Father @ personalprayer.kingdombuilding.com ( which is basically kneel your hearts and seek His face) or alternatively get in touch with me for more guidance.

YOUR FATHER NEEDS YOU. THIS IS THE TIME TO SAY YES. 

Part 4 : Why do you want to Evangelize?

Before embarking on any endeavour it is very important that we question our motives. Unless and until our motives are wholesome we will not be able to bear true fruit.
As I ask the question 'Why do you want to evangelise?', may be I should try and answer that myself.

For me the why is closely related to the what i.e. -- what is the good news that I have to share with the world.
Through the very unique twists and turns and highs and lows of my life I came to know a God. I came to know that this God was not only an all powerful chap, but that He was also my real dad. From those days on my relationship with Him deepened. I realised the privilege of being privileged, the coolness of being carefree, and the contentment that comes from within.

And then I realised that this was heaven. And that heaven was not some utopian concept to be acheived after a strenous and ardous journey battling sin in this life spent awaiting to be awarded in my afterlife.

And then I realised what the Gospel aka Good news was! It was exactly this -- the good news that Jesus came to preach was His Father and my Father. Having the Father was the gateway to heaven; loving the Father was the gateway to bliss; and trusting the Father was the gateway to carefree abandon and contentment.

This brings us back to the question of Why do I want to evangelize. Over the years I have had the privilege to lend my ear, arms and heart to many tears, troubles and travails. There is no person in this whole wide world who does not seek contentment - whether we know it or not--there is an innate need within us that seeks to be content. To be in that place where everything is just right. But oftentimes our contentment is based on several factors external to us being optimal. Therein lies the intrinsic pitfall. For true contentment to be enduring it  needs to be achievable and sustainable with minimal reliance on factors external to us the person.
And this can happen only if we love our Lord and God with all our heart soul mind and strength. With the entirety of our being, and above and beyond all else. This is the gospel which we need to live and which we can then share.

May the desire to help and to love and to alleviate suffering  be the prime reason for anyone to set out to evangelize. MAy our deep joy in loving this great daddy be the driving force for all our actions.

P.S--A short note on why not to evengelize.
1. Do not evangelize to increase your church/denomination/prayer group /community numbers.
2. Do not evangelize because you feel that the person you are evangelizing is going to go to hell without you.
3. Do not evangelize simply to populate the afterlife heaven but rather to proffer the 'this life' heaven.