Testimonies
Your testimony builds faith!
Testimonies proclaim God’s faithfulness, power, and glory to all who hear. God does wonderful and miraculous things in our lives, which are meant to be shared. Your testimony will bring God glory and encourage someone, which may lead them to a relationship with Christ. Don’t hide your light under a basket.
Psalms 40:9 I have told all your people about your justice. I have not been afraid to speak out, as you, OLORD, well know. 10 I have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart; I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power. I have told everyone in the great assembly of your unfailing love and faithfulness.
1 John 5:9 Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son.
Psalm 66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me.
** The Psalmist is praising God for answering his prayer. He is asking those who fear or those who know God to come and listen to his praises. He wants to tell them what God has done for him.
He needs to tell his testimony of what God has done for him.
*What has God done for you this week?
*Have you shared it with others?
When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. – Exodus 31:18
Throughout the Bible, the word testimony is used in many ways.
Testimony comes from the Hebrew word eduwth, which means “witness.”
* The Ark of the Covenant contained the Ten Commandments, written and inscribed personally by God and given to Moses on Mount Sinai.
These became known as the testimony. The ark was a divinely inspired structure that was to be used as a witness to the people of Israel and the whole world of God’s power and majesty. These divinely created tablets were a witness of God’s activity on earth with man.
Throughout the Bible, God looked to create testimonies with His people.
* At the Red Sea, He created a testimony through Moses.
*God created a testimony through Joshua when He parted the Jordan River and allowed the people with the Ark to cross on dry land.
*When Lazarus lay dead for days, Jesus came and created a testimony of His ability to raise the dead.
Jesus is still looking for those who are willing to have a testimony created through their lives.
One of the major characteristics of a God-ordained testimony is for something to happen that cannot be explained in the natural.
In other words, if you can make it happen through your abilities, it is not a testimony about God, but about you.
God wants to create a testimony in every aspect of your life – your family, your work, your church, and in your community. He is waiting to put His finger on your next endeavor to reveal His power through your life.
Look carefully at the events where God might want to create a testimony out of an impossible situation. He delights in using His children for this purpose because it brings Him glory.
If each of us is looking only to interests of our own making, our testimony
will be limited at best. But if we all are looking in love to build up others,
every God-ordained mission will have more than ample support to be
accomplished.
Maturity in Christ is not knowing a bunch of Scriptures or going to church regularly. It’s simply knowing how, moment by moment, to continually abide in God’s Love.
*”By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”John 13:35
Lord, thank You for what You are doing in my life. Your grace and mercy continues to take my breathe away. The Spirit within me testifies that I am Yours forever. That I will be welcomed by You into heaven. Lord, I will share my joy of Your great love for me with others.
Father, thank You that You have sent Your Son, who has endured more suffering than I. Grant me the strength to endure whatever You allow into my life. Thank you for all my testimonies of how You are in total control and always have our best interest in mind. Amen