Another thought came to me.
As followers of Jesus, we are His Ambassadors, representing Him and are commissioned to continue the work He began in preaching His gospel of Salvation, and in addition, we are the Body of Christ, and as Jesus Body in the Church, we have been given gifts by The Holy Spirit to use both for the purpose of edifying one another within the Body and to assist us in being effective messengers of the gospel.
Because not every believer is given the same gifts, there is diversity within the body and to each one of us we have different gifts, and every gift used together as a body brings efficiency to the needs of the church and also in sharing the gospel leading people to Jesus.
So if one of us starts a discussion on this board on a need for others that is moving our hearts, and when other believers add to that discussion utilizing The Word of God, it will reach someone.
How will the needs within the Body, and in evangelism be met if we hold back from speaking out?
"How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?"
Romans 10:14
When we feel a tug in our heart and in our spirit for a need that could help someone, it could be the Holy Spirit moving us to use whatever gifts He has given to us to utilize it towards that certain need that someone may benefit from.
This falls in line with how some Pastors may work hard in preparing a sermon for a Sunday service but as the Pastor is ready to present it, suddenly the Spirit moves that Pastor to change the Sermon topic at the last minute.
This is typically because there must be a need by the listeners that has to be presented that The Holy Spirit moved that Pastor to abruptly change the Sermon topic and He takes heed to that call by The Spirit.
We all can have similar experiences where The Holy Spirit will use us to present a certain need in a study, a discussion, opening a thread here with a certain need, and the gifts we have been given will be used to address it.
Many times, The Spirit will move other believers in the Body to use their gifts to compliment a discussion that another believer started, and together as one Body the effectiveness of that message will reach somebody in need, maybe we wont know who, but God knows, and because we listen to that call to take the initiative to address the issue that tugged at our heart and in our spirit, God will bless us as well as those who received that message.
It doesnt even have to be a lengthy message, but what The Holy Spirit has placed in our hearts and He will direct where it goes from there.
11 "And He Himself gave some
to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ"
Ephesians 4:11-13
