His request prompted me to recall the Macedonian Call that the Apostle Paul received in Acts 16:6-10.  In that passage, there are some important truths about God's leading in regards to evangelism that I would like to highlight for you. 

The passage reads: "Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.  When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.  So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.  During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."  After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them."

The first truth when it comes to evangelism is that the initiative lies with the Christian.  Preceding this, the team had seen great growth in the town of Lystra.  Did they sit on their success?  No, they went to the next most logical place.  We must do the same; take initiative and step towards the obvious opportunity or person.

The second truth is that we must let God guide.  Back in the day, cars didn't have power steering.  So to change the direction of the tires of a stationary car was nearly impossible.  However, when the car started to move, steering became easy.   That's what happened here!  He took the next step in the path ahead. But the Holy Spirit did not want him to go there, and so he shut the door.  When we are witnessing, we need to be ready to change course or accept that some are not ready to hear the message at this time.

The final truth for this is that when God does guide us to give witness, by visions, circumstances, good sense, prophetic gifts, the counsel of others or other means, it is a blessing from God for the ones that we share with.  In Paul's vision, the Macedonia man begs for them to come and HELP!  Think of a time when someone truly helped you.  Wasn't that a blessing?  The enemy often twists the natural pressure we feel when we are sharing our faith to make us feel like what we are doing is not helpful.  Reject that and walk in the bold confidence of our Lord (I'm preaching to myself here) in God's calling on us to be His witnesses.

With all that said about our role in evangelism, we need to be careful to always uphold that without God at work, no amount of effort on our part will accomplish anything eternal. The first step is always to cover our witnessing efforts in prayer.  Please be praying for those climbers in your life who need Christ.

Also, I mentioned above the climbing mission trip to Cuba.  Many have answered the call.  Now, we desperately need your prayer for this trip!  You can visit srcfc.org/Resources/Prayer/ see the team of eight Americans, eight Mexicans and four Cubans who are coming together to give be witnesses and to have specific things to pray for!