I’m Just Not Sure This is the Best Way…
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “Zach, I appreciate your heart on this matter, I appreciate your desire to do something about this issue, I’m just not sure that your approach is the best approach.” The issue in question, and the “approach” in question, could be any one of a number of different things I have done over the years, although inevitably this conversation arises when the issue is a highly “sensitive” topic like Muslim evangelization or action on abortion.
My response:
AWESOME! If you have a better approach, then truly that is awesome. Go for it. I want to encourage you to go whole hog after your idea and your approach. As long as it isn’t sinful, that is.
And as long as my idea and my approach aren’t sinful, I’ll probably keep pursuing it. Because I want to use the gifts and talents that God has given me. My way not be best for others, but it may be best according to the way that God made me. And who knows, when I see your way I may even be drawn to it and switch over.
If your or my approach is sinful, let’s be sure to try to correct each other. If we don’t judge each other’s method to be sinful, then let us encourage rather than discourage each other (1 Thes 5:11-14).