Whoever meets Jesus cannot remain the same.
One of my favourite parts of being in ministry is seeing people’s lives transformed and hearing testimonies of the amazing things God does. Someone who understood the power of personal testimony is Paul.
In Jerusalem, Paul encounters a crowd that wants to kill him (Acts 21:35-36). Instead of hiding or defending himself, he shares his story.
He tells of his life as a persecutor of the church, of the encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, and how he was called to be an apostle. His words are powerful, but also honest. He shares not only his successes, but also his mistakes.
He shows that God's grace brings radical change. Whoever meets Jesus cannot remain the same.
Yet the atmosphere changes when he says that God is sending him to the Gentiles, and the crowd turns against Paul once again.
Grace is welcome, until it breaks boundaries.
But Paul trusts in God, not in his own safety. His testimony works: even a Roman centurion notices that Paul is being wronged and intervenes.
Our most powerful testimony is often our own story: told honestly, rooted in an encounter with Jesus. Not a theological treatise, but a life that has been transformed.
Ultimately, a witness is not someone who knows everything. It is someone who has a personal experience and cannot remain silent about it.
To whom could your testimony bring hope today?
I, for one, would love to hear your story. Would you share it with me? You can do so here.
