CALLED TO WITNESS

I once lived in ignorance of the fact that I was destined for hell. I didn’t know that I was born into sin. I thought doing good stuff and obeying my parents and not hurting people were enough to secure a better place for me when I die. I knew there was heaven but I didn’t know there was a way there. I was just “living and doing good”, as I would term it. I thought that having a good name and dying with it was all that mattered. I didn’t know there was such a thing as judgement after death.(cf. Hebrews 9:27) I thought my good deeds would outweigh my bad deeds when weighed on the judgement scale. So every time I did something bad, I would work out myself tirelessly to get back in good terms. Such a waste of time! I didn’t know there were spiritual kingdoms where one belonged to. I didn’t even know there was a struggle of some sort to keep me from leaving that kingdom. Even worse, I didn’t even realize how needy I was! I thought all was well; as long as family and friends were there, I was good. If I lost a relative or my friend lost a relative who was just like me, I thought the person had a good place even in death. Knowing all these, as I went through life, there was just this emptiness I felt regardless of what I had and how I lived. Though it seemed small, It was deep as if I longed for something I just couldn’t have or find. I could go on and on.

What I didn’t know was that I was very insecure; in relation to all that I have said earlier. Why? Because I had not come to know Jesus Christ as my Lord and personal saviour in my life. When I got to know this truth, I then understood why everything I did and had was just not enough to give me that satisfaction of the deep longing within me that I couldn’t really understand.

So I heard the good news about Jesus and accepted Him as my Lord and personal saviour and because of my relationship with Jesus, I lost people who I thought were my friends, simply because I didn’t enjoy the things they did any longer; things that I couldn’t stop myself from doing, previously. My perspectives changed sharply and I was seeing life as it is, as if the veil on my eyes had been taken off. Things seemed the same but that deep longing or space was now filled. I wasn’t feeling it again. I began to read the Bible and had assistance by more matured Christians to help me grow. Then I also got to understand at a point in my growth that this good news that has changed my life must be shared by me to others. I came to understand that just as I have witnessed this life changing experience, I was also supposed to bear witness to the world about these things. I had been called to witness about Jesus Christ and all about Him.

Beloved, every single person who is in Christ has been called to witness about what they have seen and heard. Keeping it to yourself is selfishness. Others deserve to hear this as well. It is a must, a command for that matter(cf. Matthew 28:19,20), that you share what you have seen and heard because you have been called to witness about Jesus Christ; How He lived and died and rose again and ascended into heaven, not forgetting all that He taught.

Shalom!