Persistent Evangelism

When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.  And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.  And they *came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.  And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

Mark 2:1-5 (NASB) 

How persistent are you in sharing your faith?  What lengths will you go to, to share with someone what Jesus has done for them.  I want you to notice what this passage says, Jesus saw the faith of the four men and because of that He forgave the sins of the paralytic.

We encounter people who are spiritually lost every day but some of them do not realize that they need Jesus.  Others may know they need something but they don't know it is Jesus.  We must remain persistent in our praying for them and sharing with them the goodness of Jesus and His gift of forgiveness.  Be persistent till the Holy Spirit convicts them of their need and you may lead them into a saving relationship with Jesus.

Distracted

 
Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me." But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

Luke 10:38-42 (NASB)

Are you ever distracted?  There are days it seems like it is a way of life.  There are so many good things to do as a Christ follower.  There are always demands on us from life in general.  I find that for many of us we fall into the Martha trap.  We get busy doing good things for Jesus that we fail to just spend time with Jesus.  I was reminded this morning in my own devotional time that Jesus is more interested in my relationship with Him than what I am intent on doing for Him.

Let our prayer be today that we make our relationship with Him first and everything else get prioritized behind Him.  After all we are His followers and He is our Lord!