Testimony Time

“...Your love, God, is my song, and I’ll sing it! I’m forever telling everyone how faithful you are.

I’ll never quit telling the story of your love—

how you built the cosmos and guaranteed everything in it.

Your love has always been our lives’ foundation,

your fidelity has been the roof over our world...”

Psalm 89:1 The Message

 

Testimony: an open acknowledgment; firsthand authentication of a fact: evidence

Too often, fact and faith are seen as being in opposing corners of a boxing ring.

You can’t have one and still hold to the other.

Or so some believe!

But our testimony expresses the ‘facts’ of our experience rooted in our faith.

The Apostle John wrote these words in I John 4:14:

“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.”

He was giving testimony of the facts of his experience that was rooted in his faith.

His testimony was true and his testimony brought glory to God by honoring the Son.

We often speak beyond the simple truth of how God’s love was expressed to us or through us to others.

When we do, our testimony becomes diluted.

Like the witness who takes the stand and elaborates beyond what they actually saw, we can draw the attention away from the Lord and draw it to ourselves.

But what power there is in speaking of how God touched or restored or protected or blessed!

When He is lifted up, He draws all men too Himself.

Do you look for ways to lift Him up?

Are you ready with a testimony of His keeping power?

Is His grace given honor through your words?

Don’t miss the many opportunities He will give you today to honor Him with your testimony.

Share it with someone.

Don’t worry about ‘converting’ them – simply share God’s goodness.

Let the Holy Spirit do what He wills with your testimony.

Just be faithful to give it!