Always Be A Witness!
"So that it has become evident to
the whole palace guard, and to all
the rest, that my chains are in Christ."
Philippians 1: 13
Being a witness for God originated in the Old
Testament, not the New. Three times (Isaiah 43:
10, 12; 44:8) God told the Jews they were
to be
“My witnesses” among the nations.
Witnesses to what?
To
the fact that their God was the only true
God among those impotent idols worshiped
by others. Wherever they went—especially
in captivity in Babylon—they were to be
witnesses for God.
Jesus gave the same responsibility to the
Spirit-empowered Church as: “You shall be
witnesses to Me......to the end of the earth”
(Acts 1:8). Like the captive Jews in
Babylon,
Apostle Paul found himself in captivity more
than once. But even in his difficulties, he
never failed to be a witness for Christ.
In his first Roman imprisonment, it was
known to all that he was
an ambassador
in chains (Acts 28:30-31). Responsibility
to witness for Christ is not only for when
it's convenient but also for wherever God
leads us.
Think afresh today about your life as a
witness for Christ; ask God to make you
mindful of opportunities to speak for Him.
"Every believer is a
witness
whether he wants to be or
not."
Donald Grey
Barnhouse