I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY

 NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Acts 1:8

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”


“You will be my witnesses.”

What does a witness do? A witness testifies to what they have seen, what they know personally. A witness shares knowledge of an event from personal observation or experience.

The first disciples did just that. In 1 John the opening verse says this: “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. They talked about the miracles they had seen; they recounted the lessons Jesus taught them. Just think, these disciples were eyewitnesses to the miraculous event of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his ascension. That would not be easily forgotten. These miraculous events triggered the movement that has literally influenced and changed the world. It changed each one of the disciples, and all these years later, it is still changing lives.

Has it changed yours?

Let us be His witness! Notice what our verse tells us about our changed life, “ you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses. Sometimes we make things complicated. We think we have to be Bible experts or have a clever answer for every question a person might have about faith. But the simple reality is this: we are called to be witnesses, so we lean in and trust God’s power through us to continue his miraculous work.

That is a good word for us personally, and a good word for as a Faith Community. Amen?