In attendance at the Guatemala City seminar were schoolteachers learning about building character into their students so they would become moral assets to society. Over several days, each was encouraged to draw a map of his or her life – a timeline onto which significant events would attach. For many, tragic happenings as well as joyful ones found their spot on their life’s map. Then they were asked, “When did you see God at work?”

Make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.

I Peter 3:15

Perhaps you’ve taken a Christian apologetics class, learning to present a rational basis for your faith and defending it against objections. A highly-touted television debate between an apologist and an atheist drew large audiences earlier this year. For most, however, simply sharing from your “map” how God worked in your life carries more with it than learned rationalizations. People can believe change when they see how and why it happened. Can you point to a specific time when Jesus became real in your life, and you received Him as your Savior?

Pray for Christians in government to be bold in sharing God’s difference for them – to the end that others will want to believe.

Recommended Reading: I Peter 2:9-19