Quite often in our meetings people are asked to testify to what God has done in their lives. I am normally quite reluctant to share anything 'cos what I have to say does not quite fit with the point the speaker is trying to make. I do think though that testimony is important.
When we testify we are giving thanks for what God has done, and we make sure that we do not forget. Often in the Old Testament, when God had done something amazing, people set up a marker stone or an altar and named it in praise of what God had done. They did this to remember and remind future generations.
The Jewish Passover is the biggest testimony as every year they have the sacrificial meal and remember how God brought the people out of Egypt. At that meal there are set questions the youngest child will ask as a way of passing on the memory.
I definitely think that we grow ungrateful if we do not remember what God has done. What was a miracle becomes common place. We are like the Israelites who were rescued from Egypt and crossed through the Red Sea and then complained about having to travel through the desert!
The most powerful example of testimony I found in the Bible is from Revelations
I recently read the book “Rachel's Tears” which is based on extracts from the diary of one of the teenagers shot at Columbine Hight School. People knew her as someone who “walked the talk” and tried to demonstrate her faith in the way she behaved. After she died her diaries were a testimony to the depth of relationship she did have with God. People praised God because of her testimony.
I had been thinking about the subject of testimony before I read the book, but reading it made me want to speak up for God in my life, so when I die people will know I know my God.
So... for the next few blogs I want to testify to some landmarks in my life and praise God for the journey he is taking me on.
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