Christian Devotional – November 4, 2023

Evangelism 101, Day 18

God’s concern. Read Jonah 4:10-11.

When it comes down to it, the actual definition of evangelism is about sharing God’s concern for others. You see, God has a concern for others and that is why he came. Our responsibility now that we know God and have a relationship with him is to share that message with others. However, the only way we will do that is if we also share the same concern for others that God has.

God asked Jonah why He shouldn’t be concerned for all of these people and animals in this city. Jonah wasn’t concerned about them. God was. When we take a look at what it truly means to evangelize other people, it is not about our concern for those people. Our reason for evangelism is because of God’s concern for those people.

Do we feel the same heart towards people that God does? Do we have the same concern for their well-being and their salvation and their relationship with God that God has for them? If we don’t have that concern, we won’t evangelize. When we share the same concern that God does, we will. As we look at the need to continue to evangelize the world around us, do we truly understand and share God’s deep and desperate concern for everyone to come to know him? That is what motivates us to share. That is Evangelism 101.