the power of a testimony

​There is nothing like a transformed life.  As a child we attended church every Sunday on Sunday nights as well as Sunday mornings.  A regular feature of this tradition was a “Testimony Service.” It went like this.  The leader would ask if anyone had a testimony?  Volunteers would stand and share one after the other.  Sometimes there was a person that would do it regularly, other times not.  These saints would declare an answer to a prayer of healing, the rescue of a child from trouble, or maybe even such a grand provision of a new job or raise at work where it seemed not possible at all. This had a tremendous impact on my young soul as I saw in real time the work of God in the lives of people that went to my church.  They were not trained clergy or articulate spokesmen, but they testified of a real God intervening in the lives of men and women, boys and girls. As rich as my Christian heritage is, I learned that I should not just base my faith on personal experience but the revealed truth of Scripture. The Bible conveys the firm foundation of truth that our experience rests on.  Psalm 107:2 declares: “Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy”. What has God done in your life?  Maybe it’s time to testify! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!  Praise God!