I Have a Message Worth Hearing

Jesus.

Yep, that’s a message worth hearing.  Jesus is the only story worth really telling.  My story is all wrapped up in His so I get to tell mine as well.  I get to tell it from a variety of sides and perspectives and I hope that I can encourage someone one day. The message is worth hearing.  I know this, but I don’t necessarily live it or tell it.  You see, I’m really the kind of person that won’t speak if you don’t want to hear me.  If I get the indication that you don’t want to hear what I’m saying, I’ll shut up.  (most of the time).  If the people I’m talking to don’t want to hear or if I determine that they don’t, (mostly by self insecurity meter) then I don’t talk. 

However, neither people’s response nor my meter is accurate in measuring the worth of my message.  It's a reminder that I need to remind me that what I have to say is worthwhile and worth saying.  Sometimes that will mean I say it whether they want to hear it or not.  Sometimes that means I need to say it whether I want to or not.  The message is worth my embarrassing moments of not knowing the answer.  The message is worth practicing and the message is worth offending people. 

Sorry to say, most times I’m not brave enough to speak it.  I don’t listen to random strangers.  I don’t like people pushing things on me.  I don’t like my space being invaded without permission.  So I prefer to do unto others what I would have others do unto me.  This, however, does not take eternity into account.  If I knew that I would spend eternity in darkness and abandonment…or if that was even my lot for this earth but that there was a way out – I would completely want you to tell me about – invading my space and all.  Okay, maybe I wouldn't want my space invaded, but I would want you to find a way to reach me.  I would want you to make an effort to know me and let me know about the hope there is.  This is interesting reading here.  So, how do I do that?  How do I make my message heard and how do I get into lives of people who need to hear in a way that I would appreciate?  I need some help on that one.  But it is worth hearing and therefore is worth seeking a way. 

For me, it probably won’t often be knocking on doors and going up to strangers in random places.  Unless of course, God takes me on a new path, which is completely possible. At youth camp this summer, the exercise of sharing the gospel with random strangers in another state was possibly for me to get the confidence to talk to my neighbors.  How do we get in the lives of our co-workers, neighbors, and friends?  A cup of coffee?  I do need to figure this out.

Because I do have a message worth hearing.  There's a bunch of people that Christ thought was worth dying for.