A Verbal Witness

Over the past few weeks I’ve been talking about sharing your faith or giving a verbal witness to others about the difference Christ has made in our lives. I realize that for many of you, that is a very difficult thing to do. If you’re like me, you probably struggle with being transparent about your life before Christ. Questions like, “What will people think? How can I come clean about the mess in my past?” creep into our mind and often keep us from opening up our lives and giving a testimony. For myself, I know that my life hasn’t always been one of fidelity and purity before the Lord. And I still struggle today with a lot of stuff. But I’m thankful that Christ is faithful even when I am unfaithful to Him. After I became a believer, for quite a while I struggled with sins and habits that were difficult to break. But one day I reached a point where I totally committed my life to Christ and walked away from the crap that I had been carrying around for so long. When that happened, I was thankful for the fact that no one knew about the junk I had been holding on to. I figured that I would just forget the past and keep all that stuff a secret. But then I believe God began to lead me to think in a different way. All that stuff in my past is a part of my testimony. And the deliverance I experienced thru Christ’s love, grace and forgiveness is the verbal witness I should be sharing. The truth of the matter is that although my past does not define who I am today, it has shaped me to be the man I am today. And regardless of whether or not I knew it, Christ was there with me thru every struggle. He preserved me thru it all so that I might be able to tell others about the hope which can be found in a relationship with Him. So the next time you’re tempted not to share your testimony with a person who is struggling, remember this: Your past does not define who you are today but it is a part of your story. And the victory you have experienced may just be the verbal witness that leads another person to find hope in Christ.

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