Have you ever shared it? Do you want to? Do you think no one would care to take the time to listen? Do you not know what you would share even if there was time or interest? Perhaps the question should be – what’s your motivation TO share or to NOT share? Why, other than the scripture that says,
“…if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in
your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10)
why… would we say anything? This scripture, however, is clear that we need to speak, to say, to confess. But what is it we are confessing?
This is where your story becomes the vehicle to declare Jesus’ Lordship in your life. Still… why? For one reason – your story is what can give someone confidence to make the same decision. We never know whether our words and actions plant, water, or harvest into other’s lives. The point is that we share what our experience is so that it becomes further evidence for others.
Is the speaking only for evangelizing? No… though this is a terrific reason. Another reason is that we make a visible stand to ourselves as well as others of Whose we are. In our speaking, we proclaim the excellence of our Savior. Indirectly, this also lets our enemy know that we have made a public proclamation and have renounced him and any control he may have attempted to take. He is defeated and because we have accepted Jesus’ Lordship, he is also defeated in our lives.
Once you’ve shared your story, you will be attacked. That’s what the devil does, it’s not new behavior. (Parenthetically – he will still try and exert his influence and lie to us about his power and our weakness. However, as we stand we demonstrate his lies – we can be strong and courageous and overcome.) But your story should give you confidence because you’ve witness the hand of the Lord in your life. He told us He would never leave us and He won’t – we are His and He is ours – Psalm 95:7, 100:3 are only two verses that confirm this . Further evidence is found in 1 John 4: 12-13, 15 –
“If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been
perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He
in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. … Whoever confesses
that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God.”
