The changes that produce the word of God in our lives will tell the world if God is real or is just a story.
We are living in times of such defamation that people do not want to hear our words, they want to see radical and true changes. If we say that we know God and live depressed, then we will not be the answer to those who are sunk in sorrow. Testimony is the only thing that will differentiate us from those who do not know God or his truth, since those who do not know Christ are forced to live a life of appearance, they speak of order when they themselves are not willing to comply with the law, they speak of love when they themselves do not know love, they speak of peace when they themselves are part of their own chaos, among other things. For that reason, if there are no changes in our lives we will never make a difference or reflect the love of God. With our testimony we must lead people to believe in Christ and not in ourselves, to teach them to depend on God and not on man. A person who does not present continuous changes in his life, it is very difficult to talk about example and leadership. A person without testimony is a person who does not have the authority to speak of a Christ that changes and transforms.
There are people who will come to the ways of the Lord not because of how much you have spoken of the Bible, but because of a personal experience that changed your life completely, they will believe for what you lived. There is no better message of the word than a supernatural change of what God did in our lives, because the testimony makes the existence of God more real and gives more credibility to his word. There is no better message of the word than a sick man who was healthy in the name of Jesus, of a drug addict who left drugs, of a demoniac who was free, of a prostitute that God transformed his life, of a family that was restored, of a marriage that was restored, of a person who left crime, lies, rebellion, among other things. For the lack of testimonies and true changes is that people believe that the gospel and the resurrection of Christ are just a myth. The same radical changes that God made in the life of the apostles spoke of Jesus being really alive, then how we want to show a living Christ if we have not left our bad habits or our old way of life.
The testimony is born of an experience with God, and the experiences with God are born from the place of relationship. We ask a religious about the changes God has made in their lives, and the only thing they can say is that they changed their way of dressing, now they have a Bible that they did not have before, and that now they go to church they went, because that is what religion does, apparent changes. But when you ask someone who has a relationship with God, he tells you that before he had a lot of anger because now he is meek, that before he was full of pride and that now he is humble, that before he was a womanizer and that he is now focused on praying for the woman chosen by God, who did not respect her parents before and who is now obedient and submissive, who used to be a liar and who now does not tell lies, who hated and criticized people before, but who now loves and advises them with love , who used to be an alcoholic and who now hates alcohol, who was previously a drug addict and who now does not feel like giving himself another dose, among other things. This is the testimony of a person who has ongoing encounters with God.
Your testimony is the gateway to our faith levels for those who listen to you.
The media every day strives to announce the global catastrophe in which this world is located, but we do not want to make any effort to show the door of hope to those who are hopeless. The testimony gives hope to people. The testimony glorifies God and not man. This world wants to see people who went through what they are going through, and know the solution through a living testimony. The growth of the faith of many people will depend on the confession of your testimony, that is why you should not keep silent about the changes that God has made in your life.
I conclude saying: do not close your mouth to the wonders that God has done in your life. Your testimony is a comparison of who you were before knowing Jesus and who you are now that you are in his ways. There are many things that I can tell you about who I was before and who I am now that I know the love of God. Many are now what you were before and are desperate to see the means you used to leave that life that only causes pain and suffering. They want to know that you spent all the weekends in a colmadón drinking alcohol and spending all the money of the effort of the month or the money of your parents, and with all your desire to continue drinking for the slavery in which you were, even so You decided to make a decision and follow Jesus, and what before for you in your own strength was impossible to change, today with the power of God is a reality in your life. They want to hear how many times you cheated on your partner when he was not by your side, and that now she is your only priority and choice. They want to hear how many times you lied to your parents to go out with those friends who took you to do the wrong thing, how many hours you spent watching pornography, how many couples you destroyed or how many people broke your heart. They want to know how many times you pretended to be happy when the truth was destroyed inside. They want to know the mask you wore in front of others and when you got home you had to face your own reality, among many other things. Let the world know with your testimony that you are no longer what you were before, that now, the time you spent in nightclubs drinking and sleeping with people who were not your spouse, now you spend it in a church looking for the face of God to be the answer to those who today are slaves of sin. That the mouth you used to lie and criticize now is used to preach the word of God. That the friends that led you to walk in evil ways, now you invite them with your testimony to leave the place where God took you, when before you were his question, today you are his answer.
The testimony is a radical change produced by God from the inside out that will be reflected with a good character, good fruits and good deeds.