I understand that we experience various levels of maturity throughout our lives. Some mature through certain stages quickly, while some take a little longer to figure things out. When I think about the friends I have had in the past and the relationships I had with people, I am grateful. The choices we make in life lead us to where we are, and by God’s grace here I am.
However, I am also ashamed. I am ashamed for all the years that I spent with good friends laughing and talking about anything and everything under the son, except for the Gospel. I think about all the times that I could have preached the Gospel to my peers, but I did not. I did not study enough and was not confident in what I knew. I did not think it was that important because we were younger and life went on forever. I was more concerned about maintaining those friendships and did not want to put the relationships in jeopardy. The song “You Never Mentioned Him to Me” tugs at my heart and brings about feelings of guilt that will probably never go away. Can you relate?
We cannot do anything about the past except learn from it. Read what Paul said in Romans 10 and replace “they” with someone you know and replace “a preacher” with yourself.
Romans 10:14,17 “How then shall they (my family and friends) call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they (my family and friends) believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they (my family and friends) hear without a preacher? (me sharing the gospel with them). So, then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Think about the relationships you currently have with people who have not obeyed the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you do not share the Gospel with them, how are they going to hear it? The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God to bring salvation to anyone who will believe it. But they must hear it first!
-Caleb Westbrook
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