Today’s devotional: how effective is your testimony?
Sharing the Christian faith is a daunting task; it’s easy to say the right evangelistic words, but it’s rare for most Christians to see those words take root in others. What’s wrong with our testimony? In this Insight for Leaders devotional, A.W. Tozer suggests a possible reason:
There is a large amount of ineffective Christian testimony among us today. Much of it is well-intended, I am sure—honest and sincere. We do the best we can with what we have. But our performance turns out to be something like that of the salesman promoting fountain pens. He tries to make a case for his product, but his would-be customers know he really thinks ballpoints are far more practical.
Too much of our Christian witnessing is unconvincing because we have not been convinced. We are ineffectual because we have not yet capitulated to the Lord from glory.
Does your Christian testimony feel weak and ineffectual? Is it possible that, instead of pouring more energy into perfecting your evangelistic strategies and tactics, you should make sure your own relationship with God is where it should be?
our words of life should be an outpouring of a convinced and surrendered life….YES! for that is the first thing people will examine.
I HAVE FOUND THAT THE BEST WAY TO WITNESS IS NOT TO CRAM THE MESSAGE DOWN SOMEONES THROAT BUT TO MEET THEM ON THEIR OWN LEVEL, AFTER ALL IS THAT NOT WHAT OUR L-RD DID FOR US? MET US RIGHT WHERE WE ARE. G-D GAVE ME THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE. I HAVE NEVER MET A STRANGER ONLY A FUTURE BROTHER OR SISTER. THIS ENABLES ME TO STRIKE A CONVERSATION WITH ALMOST ANYONE. PICK THEIR BRAINS A BIT, FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE IN LIFE AND STRUCTURE THE MESSAGE AROUND SOMETHING THEY HAVE TOLD ME. WITNESSING SHOULD BE THE MOST NATURAL THING FOR A BELIEVER TO DO. NO ONE THAT IS IN THE WORLD WANTS TO HEAR ALL THE SIN THEY HAVE DONE, THEY NEED TO KNOW THERE IS HOPE, AN ANSWER, A WAY OUT OF THE MIRE THAT HAS BECOME THEIR LIFE. Y’SHUA (jESUS) WENT TO THE SINNER AND BROUGHT HOPE, HE SHOWED THEM THE HOWS AND THE WHYS BUT MOSTLY HE SHOWED THEM LOVE WHEREVER THEY WERE IN LIFE. HE IS MY EXAMPLE.