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The Call
August 22 2006 / ShareHim in Madagascar, May. 27 - Jun. 11 '05 #58by Gerald Wasmer
Personal Testimony of Gerald Wasmer.
When I got up to preach the first night, I asked myself whether coming on this trip was the right thing to do. Am I in the right place? Shouldn't someone else be doing this? At the end of that first meeting, there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that I was in the right place, doing the right thing. I knew that God had led me here, and that He would make Himself responsible for the results. And what results! I am amazed that God would choose to take such weak humans, frail and flawed, and use them as channels of His mighty power and love.
This experience taught me that sharing the gospel is not a spiritual gift. There is not a class of people who are meant for evangelism while others are not. Not at all! Instead, God has gifted all of us for the purpose of sharing the gospel. We are all gifted especially for giving a call to the world, appealing on God's behalf.
At first, making calls and appeals made me nervous. What if no one comes? What if I stumble over the words? But as God worked in the meetings and in my heart, I started to look forward to the appeals. Think about it – God gives us the chance to invite people to accept Him – to move from emptiness to fulfillment, from despair to hope, from death to life! What greater opportunity is there?
I don’t know who will read this, but all I can say is please go. Please – it will change you. It will open your eyes like nothing else can. Not only will you be changed, but many other people will also be changed also. Imagine - heaven will have more citizens because you said yes. What is better than that?
This experience taught me that sharing the gospel is not a spiritual gift. There is not a class of people who are meant for evangelism while others are not. Not at all! Instead, God has gifted all of us for the purpose of sharing the gospel. We are all gifted especially for giving a call to the world, appealing on God's behalf.
At first, making calls and appeals made me nervous. What if no one comes? What if I stumble over the words? But as God worked in the meetings and in my heart, I started to look forward to the appeals. Think about it – God gives us the chance to invite people to accept Him – to move from emptiness to fulfillment, from despair to hope, from death to life! What greater opportunity is there?
I don’t know who will read this, but all I can say is please go. Please – it will change you. It will open your eyes like nothing else can. Not only will you be changed, but many other people will also be changed also. Imagine - heaven will have more citizens because you said yes. What is better than that?