I love it when my kids are praised, don’t you? (Sorry, if you don’t have kids…) Whether it’s from their teachers or from family friends, my heart swells up with pride and joy whenever they are uplifted and praised. And the more people praise them, the more my joy increases.

That’s the motivation behind evangelism.

We love God so much that when He is praised, our hearts swell up with gladness and joy. And the more people praise Him, the more our joy increases. Therefore, wanting to see this awesome God praised more and more, we tell others to join us in treasuring Him and delighting in Him.

2 Cor. 4:15, “For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.”

Yes, telling people about Jesus so that they won’t go to hell is a great motivation. It comes from our love for them. However, there is one even better. And that is wanting God to be glorified more and for people to have more joy in Him.

But how do we convey that unless we ourselves are filled with joy? And this joy not in the absence of suffering and pain, but in the midst of it!

Pray for a miracle that God will open your eyes if you don’t see it.
Pray for a miracle that God will open your spouse’s eyes if s/he doesn’t see it.
And fix your eyes upon Christ who loved you in spite of rather than because of…

Blessings,

PH