The Light Within

I'm at work doing pretty mindless things...and I'm thinking. I'm thinking....how do I share my faith with those around me? How can I be the "city on a hill shining in the night for all to see?" that Jesus talks of in Matthew 5? How do I follow Matthew 10: 24, which says, "What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light. What you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops?" And how can I remember the following verse, which says, "Do not fear those who are able to kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell?" And how do I begin to do something that I have rarely, regretably, had the confidence to do? God has been laying this on my heart incredibly. Every day I encounter those who have not surrendered their lives to Christ. And the Holy Spirit gives me an aching desire for them to hear the pure Gospel and to find their refuge in their Creator. I feel His Spirit pressing on my heart to share the joy that's inside of me, and yet I have not managed to allow God to bring me beyond my own insecurities. I feel like Moses must have felt when he pleaded with God in Exodus 4: 10: ".....O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue." I feel like Moses- "Lord, why not someone else?" And yet I know that before Christ ascended He gave the command to all his disciples in Mark 16:15: " He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the Good News to all creation.' " Because of this I know that I must share the hope that is within me. It is my prayer and my plea that God equips me to do His will and to influence a world that is lost without Him. I will continue to grow in Christ- I will pray He gives me the strength to surrender every part of my life to Him and in doing so further His Kingdom. And I know and trust that He will answer my prayer and equip me....