No skills or strategies will compensate for true love for Jesus, true love for souls, and a true desire to have others share in your joy. We need the Spirit of God. We need to know the gospel. We need to be born again. We need to pray. We need to embrace being fools for Christ, made weak for Christ, and rejected for Christ. No personality type, diminished fears, or honed skills can replace these needs.
But shy and quiet believer, we need your voice, your story, your insights into the glory of Christ. You may be more of an Andrew than a Peter, but you must speak. You were saved to speak of Christ and his excellencies. Your little corner of the world needs you to bear your testimony to the gospel of the grace of God. Expose your fears, wade into difficulties, develop confidence in your voice, and be free to speak of Christ to the glory of God. Christ is too good, and eternity too near, to remain silent.