1 Corinthians 2:1-2

I find this passage to be both humbling and encouraging. Humbling because there are times when I think my presentation of biblical truth is rock solid. I did my research, I thought it through, and I articulated the truth with great care and persuasion. I thought for sure this would have all listening and begging to know Jesus only to end up feeling like it fell on deaf ears. It’s quite the humbling feeling when you feel like you prepared a perfect 10 to walk away looking like you scored a goose egg.

I find this passage encouraging for the very opposite reason. You can come into a situation where you feel like you communicated yourself horribly, that you made no sense at all when speaking to someone about Christ. You walk away thinking about all the things you should have said feeling like a dope because you missed the opportunity. Then, to your surprise, you later find out it was that conversation that led someone to get saved or turn back to Jesus. You get reminded of the fact that God can work through the mouth of a donkey, and that is exactly what you felt like. And that reminder encourages me because it’s all about Jesus and the simple message of the cross.

For it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes (Romans 1:16). Keep it simple and just share Jesus, and leave the saving up to God because that’s His department.

Pastor Jason Witt