Do we really know how important our testimony is?
I’ve had the gist of this devotion joggling around in my heart for some time, but it wasn’t until I’m sitting down now to write it (or type) that I realized the date it’s going to be posted will be 6 months. Six months since my brother passed. Six months since my heart was broken. Six months since I would soon begin the journey of grief. I’ve been through many trials in life, but I’ve never been broken in the way I have been this year.
I am living proof that it has taken Jesus to hold my hand and walk me through the past 6 months. In the process I’ve learned many things about myself and Jesus. In Revelation the accuser is mentioned in chapter 12 and in verse 11 it reads “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”
Our testimony is important and when we share what God has done in our lives, we reach others who could feel overcome. Except, we are not overcome. The accuser is.
If you have Christ inside you, you are to be an imitator of Christ. 1 John 2:6 says, “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.” Now let’s go to John 16:33, where it says “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
In these passages of scripture, it plainly says we are to walk like He walks, and He overcame the world. If we, as Christians, believe in His Word and have faith in Christ, WE ARE OVERCOMERS. After all, we are to illuminate our Savior.
I see the proof of this in small ways. I haven’t been able to sing since I buried my brother. Singing is my God-given talent. I couldn’t even open my mouth when the radio was on. Anyone who knows me knows I love, love, love music. I just recently have been able to have a song in my heart and sing some worship music. It’s a small step, but I’m an overcomer.
I can say in the past 6 months God has proven to me over and over again that He sees me, hears me and is with me. I’m walking as an overcomer because my Savior is an overcomer. I can see Him using my heart break to make a beautiful testimony to be shared with others. Share your testimony, someone needs to hear it!
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