Do they? Can I do better? Make it more obvious? How do I love people as Christ did and calls me to? How can I earn the right to be heard when I share my faith?
I’m going to grab dinner tonight with a guy I have been trying to love for a while now. The Lord told me one day as I was substitute teaching for his class to love this guy. That was the first time I met him. I saw him a few times at that school over the next few months, and each time it was that same call from the Lord.
It was not until a few months later that the Lord told me how to love this guy. I was substituting in his class again one day and found out he was a rap artist. I don’t like rap much, but I have a recording studio. I’m the whitest guy alive (to be completely un-PC). I listened to some of his songs on his iPod, and offered to record his songs for him for free. The Lord showed me the way from there. That was nearly a year ago.
Over this year I have spent several hours with him, bought him dinner a couple of times, asked questions, and heard his story. I have done everything possible to love him and not judge. I don’t know why the Lord chose me for this task, or what will become of it. I am praying that the Lord will open a door for me to share my faith with him. I want him to see that all the free recording, the free meals, all the questions, they were all leading to Jesus Christ. I want him to see the amazing love of Christ through me, so he can experience this love in his own life.
Jesus said the world would know us by our love; that it would set us apart. Pray for me… here I go!
The difference between rap and rock is that you still are supposed to “do something” to rap, but rock stopped being dance music about 50 years ago.
Getting a feel for a style of music requires one to understand what one was/is meant to do to it.
Just as an encouragement, you are already sharing your faith with this person. The open door has been open all this time. What you are doing is the essence of love, becoming a friend without any agenda behind. The fruit is there, keep listening to him and he will find God in the midst of his own journey. Keep breathing Him.
That’s what rap music is! It all makes sense now! Thanks Micah.
Thanks for the encouragement.