What Can A Walk Through the Airport Teach You About Priorities?

My story is recurring, like a dream that never ends.

I often find myself in crowded places, like airports, sporting events, and on the extremely rare occasion – a mall.  I drive on crowded highways next to people who are rushing in the same general physical direction I’m headed.

Problem is…most are headed in a very different direction spiritually.  Most are lost, and I can’t tell them about life.   I can’t stop the car next to me to share Christ on the side of the highway.  I can’t interrupt people rushing toward their gate in the airport.  I can’t stand on a stool in the mall and preach to crowds that run quickly the other way when someone actually does that.  (I once experienced a subway ride in NYC, where a smelly man in a trench coat pulled out his Bible and started preaching loudly as the car emptied.  That didn’t work out well.)  

In my recurring story, the answer to the dilemma of how to share with the world who is unaware of a loving, saving Christ comes to me every time.  For years, I had no answer to my burden.  I just shared with those who’d let me share.  But now I know the answer. In fact, this answer burns within me.

The answer is under our noses. It’s obvious if we’ll stop to look.  It’s recorded in the Bible.  It’s DOABLE.

The answer is:  Train every person in our churches to share the Gospel confidently.  Not just a few.  Not just leaders.  Everyone.

My story has a better ending today.  That car next to me in a rush hour traffic jam?  That guy will one day have a  neighbor who is trained to share the Gospel, and who loves him enough to do it.   Those people rushing to their gates in the airport?   One day some co-worker or friend who has been equipped to share will lovingly tell them about Christ.  The mall?  Even they can have someone in their lives who has been equipped and challenged to share their faith.

“Can We Talk?” is not just about you.   It’s not about church growth.  It’s about the world – and our central mission in this world.  

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