We witness everyday! We tell stories. We share stories. We post our favorite jokes. We tweet our favorite bit of celebrity news. We stitch or duet the latest trending TikTok. We witness everyday. It’s just that most of the time we are witnessing to everyone and everything but Jesus Christ.
I once sat down with a marketing specialist to learn how I could grow my ministry influence online. She explained about the importance of metrics. She pointed out that if someone views something that isn’t that significant. But if they like it that is a bit better. But if they are really into whatever you are doing or posting they will share it! A witness shares something that they are excited about. So perhaps we should ask ourselves this question first. Are we excited about Jesus? If not, why not?
If your walk with the Lord is like mine you had some amazing experiences when you first came to know the Lord. It seemed like miracles happened everyday. But then it’s almost like you graduated to another level where God expected more from you. He expected you to “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”(James 1:2-3 NIV). I liked the honeymoon face of conversion better!! But it seems that God’s goal is shaping us into his image. In order for this to happen we have to go through some things.
Have you ever wondered why God didn’t just make sin disappear once it happened? Wouldn’t it have been easier to erase everybody and start over? Perhaps His love and His wisdom saw that the universe would be better served by seeing the workings out of Satan’s ideology. Satan has made some strong accusations about God the father. But as we are able to see the workings of His plan of salvation we see sacrificial love in action. “For God so loved the world that he gave….” God’s solution was giving. He sacrificed to save those who had fallen into Satan’s plan. He could have erased everything and not sacrificed. But he chose to love us sacrificially.
So isn’t it ironic that we ask God to remove all our struggles and suffering when he didn’t do that for Himself?? Don’t get me wrong, I’m first in line saying, “Jesus, can I do something else, please?” But, I’m willing to sacrifice if I know it’s something that pleases Him and something that will bring results.
If you have lost your first love consider the sacrifice God made voluntarily to save you instead of erasing you and starting over. That certainly is good news!!!
I’m challenging all my followers on all my social media platforms to witness through social media.
You have witnessed for CBS, NBC, McDonald’s and Burger King. Now how about letting the world know that you are in love with the King of Kings and Lord of Lords?
Day 1 can begin like this: “I want to share today about how much Jesus means to me…” You can add more or you can stop there. You can put it over a picture using a software like Canva.com or you can put it as plain text. You can post it alone or you can tag some friends. In whichever way you choose to witness, please do so from your heart reflecting on all of God’s goodness to you.
I look forward to hearing in the comments about how your witnessing journey is going. My next post I’ll share a bit about those who are suffering for their faith.
As always, I love you but God loves you more and I’ll see you in the next post.
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