Evangelism is a biblical mandate for every Christian. Yet you find it difficult, don’t you? So do it. The thought of standing on some street corner with a megaphone or knocking on some random person’s door frightens the daylights out of me! But I refuse to use what I cannot do as well as others to be an excuse to do nothing.

One day, a man walked the beach after a storm. Strong tides came in and out. As he strolled the shore, he noticed a little boy grabbing starfish from the sand and feverishly throwing them into the water. The man was intrigued. The beach was littered with starfish. What did the boy hope to accomplish? He had to ask what the boy was doing.

“I’m saving starfish,” the boy answered, breathlessly, as he continued working.

“But, son,” the man replied, “There are starfish everywhere. Do you think what you are doing will really make a difference?”

Unfazed, the boy picked another starfish and threw it into the sea. As he tossed the fish into the water, he said, “It will matter to this one!”

Indeed, the many, diverse, and pressing needs of the world around us leave many to wonder is it possible to truly make a difference. But we are not responsible for the multitudes that we have no control over. We are, however, responsible for the ones we can help. We must learn to do for the one what we wished we could do for the many.

Jesus declared, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:18-20).

The Great Commission is the mission of the church. We are to make more and better disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in our community and throughout the nations. This is a mission that is as small as your next-door neighbors and as large as the more than seven and half billion people on planet earth.

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