Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16 (KJV)

Most people need to see how the gospel has touched and transformed us—before they are willing to respond to Christ personally. Instead of only sharing the gospel, we must also focus on living the gospel before a watching world. Being authentic and genuine is more important than aiming to be perfect or infallible.

Trustworthiness and consistency are the two crucial character traits you must cultivate if you want to be an effective witness for Christ.

To be trustworthy, we must aim to ensure that our actions match our words. This is where consistency comes in. The source of these two traits and other positive ones comes from God Himself. Once we are in Christ, we already have these qualities in us, and it is our responsibility to nurture them through an intentional relationship with Him.

As we learn more about ourselves in Christ, we recognise the importance of helping others in doing the same. This inspires and motivates us to cultivate strong, trusting that mirror our relationship with God. We become more loving, welcoming, and accepting of people around us because we know we are loved, welcomed, and accepted by perfect love Himself.

Unfortunately, we are not as trustworthy and consistent as we should be. So much still has to happen within us so that we may reflect a greater measure of Christlikeness. We need to be reminded of the importance of the gospel in our lives again and again. It does not happen simply by willpower. We must learn to obey the Spirit of God while being empowered and kept by His grace.

It takes time to build trust and communicate consistency.

People should not be seen as a project to be managed or a problem to be solved, but as individuals with unique concerns about life, faith, and God. They will open up to you and reveal their actual needs and struggles if they know you value them for who they are rather than what you expect them to be. This is exactly what Jesus did. Jesus did not come to impose any burden on us; rather, He came to take away our burden. When we imitate Jesus in our love for people through our words and actions, it demonstrates that we truly belong to Him, attracting others to want to know Him.