What About Them?

There's a couple of people who show up at your youth group or school week after week. They like to walk in quietly, listen to the teacher, and leave. Maybe they're each other's friends and quietly talk to each other before the class starts. But never in the world could you see them greeting anyone else or bringing extra conversation or questions upon themselves. Is their problem that they are shy, antisocial, or simply don't care about others? That could be, but that's not the issue in this case.

What do you do with this type of people? More than likely, you can't even think of any because you don't notice them, or rather, the way that they act. If that is the case, think a little harder and you'll come up with someone. I see these people pretty much everywhere. For the longest time, I just let them do their own thing and ignored them like anyone else would. Perhaps my excuse was that I didn't want to scare them off or that they wouldn't like someone like me. In reality, if I would have even so much as tried to get to know them, they would be more than grateful for a friend.

Now, what I'm talking about here is evangelism at its very core. It could be called discipleship or witnessing, but it's really just constantly showing someone who Christ is. When you really look at the problem, it's quite simply that they don't have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Maybe they go home and know that they hate God, but want that to change. Maybe they're simply drawn in so far by worldly things that they don't know how to get out. Perhaps they want to try, but are unwilling to give up what the world deems too valuable to lose. Or maybe that's you.

Don't ignore the clear crying of those who struggle with God. If he has called them, then he will reveal them to you so that you can be instrumental in their lives and be a part of their testimony. I challenge each of you to be that person in your schools and youth groups that people can rely on and trust to give the Godly answer. Be the person who cares enough about others to actually talk them. How hard is it? Very, but it's worth every moment both for you, and for them.

-The Micromanaged Freewill
~Jacob