Love For The Lost & The Gospel

I have noticed this year that I just lacked a radical Love for the lost and the Gospel. I have been praying for some time about this, but to be honest, up til now did little more than that to confront it. I have sat with the excuse that right now my ministry is to the believers and helping in the instructing and teaching of fellow believers. As my direction more and more changes from OTW to missions in Guatemala this need to confront this issue became harder and harder to avoid. I'm realizing more and more how many opportunities are in front of me now to not just speak into Christians but to the lost. Now I do believe for a time my efforts were to be more greatly directed toward believers but that is no excuse for slacking in my Love toward the lost. I need to be prepared in and out of season, 2 Timothy 4.

Lately I have been looking at a lot of atheist debates and replies to Christian videos on Youtube. Just curious I guess, but it worked in me more than I intended. At first I was angry seeing all the comments of people just bashing believers, but then after seeing what "believers" were writing, this tension just broke my heart! Seeing arrogance battle arrogance in this stupor the internet calls a debate. I began watching some atheist supporting videos picking apart some Christian videos and I began to think that these people are unreachable... Today as I looked again my heart just began to break- who am I to limit God's reach?! They are not unreachable, that is not for me to decide. The mission, the COMMAND, to me is to be a witness of the Great and Holy Savior, Jesus Christ. I am to preach the gospel to all the nations, I am to Go! Mark 16:15, Mathew 28:19. Now my Love and Passion for the Gospel and the lost is in a renewing stage and is ever increasing.

As well from all this I learned another lesson. I need not prove God or really defend His existence! Now I have been told this many times but I still struggled with it until recently, as I have spent much time and thought on the subject. In this video below there is a small part where he says "Tying to prove God is like defending a lion, it don't need your help..." This quote was really the gateway that led me to confront my long avoided issues, and as well it cemented in me that I don't need to argue with the world. God is a Loin much greater than anything that stands and needs not our feeble attempts to defend. We simply should obey His commands.