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I Corinthians 2: 4, 5 (NIV)
My message and my preaching
were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the
Spirit’s power, so that your faith
might not rest on man’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
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| Is the struggle to share our faith a product of insufficient theological information . . . or insufficient experience with the transforming reality of Christ?* |
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The
thought of witnessing to our friends and families gives us stage fright. We
don’t know all our lines so we don’t
deliver any of them. What if they ask me something about Revelations? What if I
forget one of the steps in the plan of salvation? What if I don’t know what the
Pentateuch is?
I
am certain that when it comes to stage presence, Paul was the best. I am not
discounting the need for a preacher to be good at what he does, but even Paul
would tell you that eloquence and knowledge aren’t what makes us effective
witnesses. It is experience in the Holy Spirit’s power that gives us something
to show and tell.
Do
you want to be an effective witness? Then you need an effective testimony. I’m
not talking about a dramatic lifestory about how you wandered far from God and
how you found your way back. Your experience with God may be quiet and
outwardly uneventful, but you can’t encounter God without having something to
show for it. If he hasn’t changed you, you haven’t met him. Get into his Word
and get to know him. Then you will have a story worth sharing. A story that
demonstrates the Spirit’s power.
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| The gospel is embedded in lives and personal testimonies.* |
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