How many of you like to talk about yourself? Come on, get those hands up. You all like to talk about yourselves because you are your favorite subject. Whether it's about your experience at a new restaurant or a grade you earned in school or the thrill you got when you tried something new, you like yourself some you, and that's not always a bad thing.
Why wouldn't you talk about yourself? Who else knows more about you than you? No one likes to be around somebody who's bragging all the time but it is also equally frustrating when people don't open up at all about themselves. If you are in a relationship or you are married, didn't it make sense to share yourself with the other person so that the two of you could get to know each other? Total strangers don't get married very often (unless they are mail-order brides from eastern bloc countries, but we won't get into that).
We have no problem talking about our accomplishments and achievements, our likes and dislikes, and our political or sports preferences. But how often do you talk about what Jesus has done for you? The apostle Paul had a pretty radical conversion experience recorded in Acts 9:3-8. Later in the book of Acts he recounts this same story in two separate places for two completely different audiences. Both times Paul was standing in front of a group of people who were demanding an account of his life. He could have boasted about his many accomplishments or his advanced learning degrees, but instead he told anyone who would listen what Jesus had done for him.
Do you talk a lot about your faith in Christ? Do people that you know hear the words of how God has changed you fall often from your lips? It's easy to carry on a conversation about your kids or the big ball game. Shouldn't it be just as natural to talk to others about the greatest thing that has ever happened in your life?
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