The more prepared and developed we are as Christians, the more God can use us in His Kingdom.
God commands us to be full of good works and deeds … and for that to happen, we must prepare, develop, and SANCTIFY ourselves to the level that God CAN use us and work through us.
If we are ignorant about God’s Word, if we are not learned in what the Bible teaches, then common sense tells us that God cannot use us nearly as much as He otherwise would be able to.
(And besides this, if we are Biblically ignorant then we are spiritually weak and vulnerable to the devil’s attacks and treachery.)
In a similar vein, if we read the Bible but then promptly forget what we read, then that too will render us ineffective in God’s Kingdom.
Likewise, if we are not living a life that is distinctly separated from ungodly interests … that is, if we are not living a sanctified life … then that too will minimize God’s ability to use us and to work through us because we will be encumbered by too many carnal and humanistic interests, cares, and burdens.
From a witnessing perspective, the more prepared and developed we are, the more the Lord can move people into an interaction with us whereby we can be a witness for Him.
Bluntly, it takes study, preparation, and memorization in order to be able to share and present God’s Word to other people.
The fact is, if the peace and light of Jesus Christ is shining though us as it should be, then sooner or later, someone is going to ask us to tell them more about Christianity.
Let’s bring this on down to a personal level: if someone was to ask you to tell them about Salvation … if someone was to ask you the what, why, and how of being Saved … are you prepared to answer them intelligently and articulately?
Well again, being an effective witness requires study, preparation, and memorization … and we should definitely be proactively doing this study, preparation, and memorization.
An excellent way to prepare ourselves to be a witness for Jesus Christ is to find key scriptures throughout the Bible … and then use a special color of highlighter to highlight these key verses … so that they are easy to find when we have the opportunity to share them with someone … so that we can memorize them over time … and so that we can easily review them from time to time to keep them fresh in our memory.