How are sterograms like witnessing?

Have you ever seen a Sterogram before? They were popular in the 80's. I can remember people in the malls standing around these posters staring at them trying, desperately, to see the hidden 3D image within the picture. And then once someone saw the image, they tried to tell others how to see it. Basically, you need to relax your eyes and view the picture out of focus. Then you can see the interesting 3D images.

By the way - send a comment, if you can figure out what the 3D image is with this picture?

So, how does this relate to evangelism? Well I see it as a great analogy of the witnessing process. We as Christians can see God's message of salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ, but many others can not. As we share the Gospel, many hear the message and say, "thank you - I never heard that before". And many will "not get it".

So how to get people to see the message, as we do? Well, God's Word being made clear by the Holy Spirit, is the only way. We are told to proclaim the Truth and the Holy Spirit makes it clear.