Why and How Do I Tell Others? (Matthew 5:13-16)

Most of us find it easier to share good news than almost anything else — a new baby, a great restaurant, a film we loved. And yet when it comes to the most significant thing in our lives, faith, many of us go quiet. We worry about coming across as pushy, weird, or naive. We tell ourselves that faith is private, or that living a good life is witness enough.Every person who follows Jesus today does so because someone, at some point, told them. If the first Christians had kept it to themselves, the story would have ended there. And the things Jesus offers — peace, forgiveness, meaning, life in all its fullness (John 10:10) — are too good to keep to ourselves. Like finding water in a desert, it would be strange not to tell the people around us.The good news is that you tell other by lliving with presence and integrity in the world, gentle persuasion rather than pressure, sharing your personal story, and praying consistently for the people in your life. None of these require you to have all the answers. The simplest and most powerful thing you can offer is: "This is what God has done for me."We can't change people's hearts – only God can. Our job is to be faithful, to stay in relationship, to keep praying. And we never know what the Holy Spirit is quietly doing in someone's life, even when we can't see it.