2021-03-25 07:21:01
Find your turn around testimony. Then celebrate it with others
A Daily Devotional for March 25, 2021
Read Gal 1:23-24
The people heard, “…He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy. And they glorified God in me.” (Gal 1:23-24)
Paul, who once destroyed the church became the super church planter of the New Testament. He was one way, and everyone saw he had changed. Likewise, when people hear of you, what is their reaction? How does your reputation spark others to worship God?
Every believer has a "turn around testimony" because, like Paul every believer has been transferred from the Kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of His beloved son. From the path to hell to citizenship in heaven. If you have always been the way you are now then you haven’t met the living Jesus. Jesus changes us. Always.
You may say, "I've been a believer my whole life, how can people see the contrast in me?" to you God would say, "Don’t invalidate or underestimate Me in you." To belittle our own story is to dishonor “God in you the hope of glory.” (Col 1:27) If God is truly in you then His presence is worth celebrating big.
So how do you know if you have found your turn around testimony? The key is in how people honor God when they experience you. When people look at your life story, do they glorify God’s hand in you? Do they step back and say, "Wow! God is amazing!?"
The news to swallow about testimonies is that It’s not about us, it’s about Him. Find your turn around testimony and bask in its power and beauty.
Life Application
What in you do people glorify God for? List them out. Then ask yourself, "What do you see in those close to you that you praise God for?" —Go tell them so that you might spur them on to love and good works (Hebrews 10:24).
Prayer
Jesus, be glorified in me. May others praise you because of your hand working in me.
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