Quiet Christians

When David fought Goliath, everyone assumed he would wear King Saul’s armor. But when he tried it on, it didn’t fit. It was only when he used his unique set of skills that he found victory, even though it didn’t fit the pattern that worked for everyone else.

Most books on evangelism focus on witnessing methods more suited for extroverts. There’s nothing wrong with those methods. But for an introvert, those methods don’t usually fit. Reading them, I always felt like a turtle being taught by birds the best way to walk. But that wasn’t how God made me.

And while I’m capable of standing up in front of a bunch of people and extending extra ordinary invitations full of risks and sacrificial living, I have a feeling that many more of us than we care to admit were designed for quiet persuasion and reaching people who will never respond to such a public approach.

And that’s okay. Because God hasn’t designed introverts to be aggressive in evangelism. He made them sensitive, patient, and thoughtful. Which are characteristics that are extremely effective when we’re prepared to care for the lives of others. Colossians 4:6 [NIV] says, "6Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."

If God created introverts, doesn’t it make sense that He would want them to do His work through that personality?

Mike Bechtle is the author of Evangelism for the Rest of Us: Sharing Christ Within Your Personality Style. For more benefits of being a “quiet Christian”, you can read his entire article by clicking on his book to the left on which this post is based.