i have become very frustrated because i am trying to witness to a skeptic and everything i say he hasa a good comeback and i am not even sure if God wants me to witness to him anymore and the past few times i have tried to witness it has blown up in my face totally and i am also witnessing to a girl at my school and my witnessing to her has also failed and witnessing to my parents even failed
Godsgurl4ever2006, thanks for your post....
Firstly, let me say that you can be sure that God wants you to witness - that's one thing that you can be sure is ALWAYS in the will of God, so carry on. It's the enemy who is trying to stop you witnessing through discouragement - so that should tell you something - you must be having an effect!!
So keep on witnessing...
Let me share with you a couple of things that God told me whilst witnessing.....
1. One day I had a poor day witnessing, everything seemed to go wrong, then whilst on my way back home, I was talking to God telling Him that I was sorry that I hadn't been as effective I had been in the past, that nothing seemed to go right.... Then, God pulled me up in my tracks and spoke very clearly, He said
"You cannot say that, you don't know the effect that your words have had on those people's lives. You speak the words and it is my responsibility to change their hearts. You do your bit and I'll do mine" . I was bowled over by that, encouraged, and I learnt NEVER to think that my words have no effect - you speak the words, then God takes over.
2.I was asking God one day when I would see the fruit of all the witnessing I had been doing, and God clearly said to me
"You have no right to ask to see the fruit, I called you to sow, just be obedient in your sowing" I learnt that we are called to obey and speak the word - that's all. If we see the fruit of our labours, then that's by the grace of God. we have no
"right" to see the fruit, we must simply trust that God will do His part.
So don't be discouraged - trust God, just go on witnessing no matter how effective (or ineffective) you think you might be....
Blessings.....