Since reading David Platt’s book, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, the reality of my role as a disciple of Jesus Christ to share the gospel with others hasn’t left my mind.
When Our Last Great Hope: Awakening the Great Commission by Ronnie Floyd got into my hands, that reality got even clearer. Thank you Thomas Nelson for investing in this book.
Floyd challenges us to start the ripple effect now of spreading The Gospel with others. Ready for a question to get you moving?

“How many people do we encounter every day who are dying of thirst for the living water only Christ can provide, but we’re too busy to tell them?

Yes, it stung a little for me too. 
I remember asking for donations for a missions trip once and I got a letter back from some friends that said although they supported what I wanted to do, they couldn’t donate money to a cause outside of the United States. It didn’t make a lot of sense to me then, but it does now.
Here is Ronnie’s answer:

“But keep this in mind: a Jewish man first shared the gospel in Rome; a Roman took it to France; a Frenchman took it to Scandinavia; a Scandinavian to Ireland; an Irishman to Scotland. Every nation where the gospel has been preached had someone travel there from abroad. We serve a God who loves busting borders and knocking down walls.

The urgency is real. Sometimes we put it in the back of our minds and put it on our “to do later list.” At least I do anyway. It’s so easy for me to forget that people are dying and going to hell everyday. 
Everyday!

“It’s a ‘rinse and repeat’ cycle until the whole world knows, until the waters of the world are clotted with new believers, until there is no one left to tell. Then, of course, Christ Himself will come.

We make excuses for not sharing our faith with others.

• We’re too scared
• We need a seminary degree to talk the Bible
• People won’t listen

When it comes down to it, it all boils down to fear.We’re afraid. What if Jesus would’ve been afraid? What if the twelve disciples would’ve just given up after his death? I don’t want to be asking “what if’s?”

“Jesus didn’t teach casual discipleship. He taught that it had a cost, that it required painful decisions, and that at times we need to walk away from other things we might have intended to do.

This book rocked my world! Now to put the words in action.
Thank you Ronnie Floyd for your willingness to invest the time into writing this book. Thank you for the “get off your butt and get it together” prompting with grace.
What book has rocked your world? Comment below…

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