GIVE EXAMPLE WITH YOUR TESTIMONY

Have you ever wondered the meaning of "preaching without words", or "preaching by example"; really, it's something very simple, it's about being consistent with what you believe in, and not doing anything that contradicts your convictions. Easy to say but will it be just as easy to do?

Our actions, how we behave and how we are with our peers; they are the fruit, that what we believe in has become or is becoming a reality in our life. If we see this applied in the life of Jesus, we see that the gospel he preached was not based only on ideas, this is what he meant when he said "By their fruits you will know them." (Matthew 7:16)

Jesus always accompanied his words with deeds, through:

Perform miracles, "And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons, and did not let the demons speak, because they knew him." (Mark 1:34)

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Sharing with sinners (but not participating in sin), "When they saw this, they all murmured, saying that he had come to pose with a sinful man." (Luke 19: 4)

Serve his own, "Then he put water in a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded." (John 13: 5)

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Our personal testimony, our behavior with others, is a powerful way to show others and teach about our faith; letting others see Jesus through us is one of the best ways to allow the gospel to be preached in our midst. The preaching is not limited to just a few hours a week, when we are in church, or in the company of the brothers going out to evangelize. But when we are in our daily chores, at work, at school, with our family and non-believing friends.

When you allow others to know the Lord through you, then that is when the impact of the gospel reaches your environment; but more than by what you say, by what you do, by how you behave, if your life is really under the direction of what Jesus teaches us through the gospels, and the Holy Spirit; and if your facts do not contradict the gospel. Paul exhorted Timothy as follows:

"Be diligent to present yourself to God approved, as a worker who does not need to be ashamed," (2 Timothy 2:15).

Today is our opportunity to sow in people more than words, we can sow small and beautiful seeds with our testimony, and our behavior too. On this day, try to ask the Lord to help you so that your deeds and words always go in the same direction, so that your actions do not contradict the gospel, and always present you accept before our Lord.