Share Your Faith with Confidence
So often we don’t know what to say.
That friend or coworker asks, “What’d you do on the weekend?” We start listing off the usual stuff: yard work, sports, errands. Then we get to Sunday morning.
“Do I mention that I went to church?”
“Isn’t that a given? I’ve known them a while. Surely they know I go to church.”
Most of the time, it’s not fear that keeps us quiet. It’s wondering what they’ll ask if we do tell them. What if they respond with, “Oh, I didn’t know you were religious?”
That comment does two things:
- It makes you feel guilty that they never saw a connection between you and God.
- It sets the stage for that awkward “I don’t have a religion, I have a relationship” moment that risks putting you at the office’s weird duck table.
Sharing our faith isn’t always easy, is it?
The Spirit Will Speak for Us
I don’t think it’s supposed to be easy. If it were, why would Jesus tell the disciples,
“…do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” (Matthew 10:19–20, ESV)
If it were easy, why would we need the Holy Spirit?
In John 14:26, Jesus promises us an Advocate: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”
When the time comes to share, the Spirit takes over and brings back everything we’ve learned.
Be Ready for the Question
Suddenly, you’ll remember those devotion times with the Lord. Or a sermon. Or a small group study that hit home.
And when the question comes: “So, what’d you do on the weekend?” You’ll be ready to say, “Well, I went to church.”
It doesn’t have to be a sermon. It’s just a starting point. A doorway for the Spirit to move. That one simple conversation could be the spark that brings someone closer to Jesus. And that’s worth it.
Join the Conversation, Share Your Thoughts
- When’s the last time you shared your faith with a neighbor or coworker?
- Did they already know you were a Christian?
- How did the conversation turn out?
