something to ponder.

I was talking with Joe and Jay at NYPD - about evangelism and what it's about.

I just want to take a moment to write about the mindset that we just walk around this world in.
Are we to proclaim God's name out of our own charisma and so "bring people to Christ" with our smooth talk?
Definitely not.

We should be "ambassadors of Christ." We don't have the power to change people, just to represent Christ. We are to speak the truth in love. Do we have any hidden agendas when we talk to people about God?

When we testify, we don't want to draw the reaction, "your life is awesome." We want them to know what God is like, not what we have done.
"Not because of who I am, but because of what you've done. Not because of what I've done, but because of who you are." - Who Am I, Casting Crowns

All of this is good, and the coolest thing I learned from Joe today was about one little symbol that they put on ambulances. Do you see the thing inside the Blue Shield in this logo?

Well, it's Biblical, as hard as that may be to believe.
"The LORD said to Moses, 'Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.' So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived." - Numbers 4:8-9
"Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." - John 3:14

When we evangelize, we are to lift up Christ as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. Not to fervently try to change peoples' minds or trick them into looking at the snake, but for them to put their trust in God and in the Son of Man - so that they may believe and have eternal life.