"Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ."I often feel like I am slipping quietly through life, on my way to heaven, without making much impression en route. A quiet believer in Jesus is not necessarily a bad thing, but true followers of Jesus have a responsibility to be witnesses for Him.
After a particularly quiet few months, I have resolved to speak up when the following three opportunities occur in future (as they often have in the past, when I remained silent).
1. If I'm in a conversation where people mis-quote the Bible, I want to gently state what it actually says, and then see if this goes anywhere more productive theologically. For instance, people sometimes talk about the sun shining on the righteous - whereas Jesus stated God sends his sun on both evil and good people impartially, in unequivocal demonstration of common grace.
2. When the thorny issue of creation crops up, I must not hide my firm conviction in the divine Creator as the ultimate first cause.
3. When friends speculate about the meaning of life, or admit a sense of purposelessness, I must be ready to argue for salvation history as the underlying narrative of the universe, which can (must!) be experienced in a personal sense.
