A covert operation….
As Christians if we are taught to constantly manipulate our conversations to the subject of the Lord, that approach can put great pressure on us. So much so that we may miss the pleasure of living free in sonship as well as miss seeing people experience the process of life that will produce true conversion to sonship.
I can remember so many road trips (one in particular) where I was so consumed with how to witness to this guy that I missed a relationship with him. I wish that I’d just hung and gotten to know his story and still (20 years later) be engaged in a relationship. My pressure to witness to him caused him to get away from me and God, fast and far.
I think if I would have approached it the right way, through relationship I would still have a place in his life. As it stands, I have no contact with him and have no idea what his relationship is to the Father.
Father is relational and desires for us to represent Him through relationships. Manipulated conversations will most likely push people to disengage from the Fathers Spirit or even worse, a dead prayer to a God that was never involved in the conversation to start with.
Jesus Loves You
Cody Custer