Day 68-71: Do "we" ever have "it"?

The past few days have been a real trip and I'm really glad with what came out of it. Most of the time was spent attending the Chi Alpha Fall breakaway.

Friday night I was talking to a friend and I mentioned how I hadn't shared Jesus with anyone and it was bugging me. Maybe a half hour later a campus pastor came up to me with an international student and he told him to stick with me.

While talking to this guy I found out he wasn't yet a believer and we had a pretty sweet talk. Isn't it wild how God works people into our lives like that?

Blogger no longer supports audio blogging and since I haven't hooked up with a service who will let me do that on my blog yet, nothing is what you got for the first time since this Go-365 deal started 68 days prior to that moment. It was sort of hard for me. I knew I could have been ready for it.

Saturday came and yet another first happened. For the first time since Go-365 started not only did I not post something but I didn't share Jesus with anyone who didn't already know Him and know for sure whether or not they were going to Heaven.

This got to me.

I know this is more than just something I have to do and I have to remember why I'm doing any of this in the first place but still . . . something in me made me feel like I messed up a "no-hitter."

Some pride perhaps?

It's possible.

I think it was the knowledge again that I could have talked to someone and I just didn't try hard enough. Something like that.

Someone who was on the retreat told me that if this Go-365 deal is all about sharing Jesus than I've been doing nothing but that during the entire retreat. I have to admit, it made me feel good.

Still, the truth is I know what this is all about and I want to share Jesus with people who don't know Him and/or aren't sure about how to live for Him yet.

This is why I'm doing this.

Sunday came around and after coming back from the retreat I pretty much just passed out a little after doing some stuff at home.

Night settled in and I went to meet up with someone before going to prayer.

Wow.

I was about to write about how I didn't share Jesus with someone on Sunday and how I know I could have made more of an effort when it hit me that I totally did share Jesus with someone and just didn't see it until now.

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

So let's recap a little.

Friday I got to have a stellar talk with a cool international student.

Saturday I got to pray with someone and something really sweet happened during that. I won't mention what exactly happened on here because it was special and I don't want any sort of pride to come in and jack what God so awesomely let me be a part of.

PRAISE THE LORD AGAIN!!!

Sunday without any clue of what I was really doing and the clarity to see the whole picture God totally worked through my dorkiness to share a very real Jesus with someone.

Then, Monday arrives. Today.

I woke up and had one of the best God times ever!!!

Work followed and it would have been harder had the morning not been so sweet.

After jetting home I attempted to get a lot of things done and realized I had more things to do than I thought I did on my plate.

Fast forward to me walking back to work because I had to turn in some evaluations.

I was praying that God would give me a super sweet conversation on the way back from work.

Feeling sort of down and like a time management failure I made my way to my job to drop off a manila folder filled with the forms I had to drop off.

All of sudden there I am.

It all happened sort of fast and sort of slow but after walking through the Oval and noticing the rain falling around me I saw a guy and it looked like we were about to cross paths. I sped up to try and catch him but he went by too fast so I just yelled "hey" in his direction . . .

. . . and I asked him my most simple question as humble as can be because of all the times I have asked this question I know now more than ever that it's all God.

For His kingdom.

I love God.

"What's the first thing you think of when you hear the name Jesus?"

He wasn't sure what to say and I wasn't sure what happened all I know is that with the most peace I have felt in a while I shared all I could with that boy in the hoodie and he was listening.

PRAISE JESUS!!!

When it was all finished he had answered questions and I had given him what I hope is the best news and greatest advice any of us can ever get.

The Truth about Jesus Christ that can only come from Him and His Word.

This guy thanked me as he left still carrying the look of shock and something more for his trip to I don't know where.

I thanked God and prayed in the Spirit like you wouldn't believe as I headed home and knew I was blessed to have been a part of something special yet again.

Thanking Him because I know that I don't deserve this because of me. All of this is because of Him.

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Lesson learned

A friend of mine wrote me this past week and told me to remember that today is just as important as the first day. No matter what number it is, Jesus needs to be shared for real all the time and with the same Truth being told.

God doesn't want just another religious shell of something with no heart. He wants our heart and all and everything else to go with it.

Whatever it is our lives will end up looking like just remember that He has the plans.

All you have to do is . . . He knows the way.

Finally, to answer the question "Do we have it?" as in "Do we have what it takes to get the job done of sharing the gospel?" the answer is not without Him . . .

. . . and that's the best part.

God bless and goodnight kids.