I’ve been working on writing down my testimony. If you are considering a mission trip and you haven’t already written yours, I would encourage you to take some time and write it down. Nothing fancy or formal – just how you came to faith in Jesus and what He is doing in your life.
I have always thought my testimony is a bit…. well plain. You might feel the same way about yours. It has encouraged me to remember that even the most dramatic testimony does not drawn people to the Lord. The Lord draws people to Himself; and He can do that through my plain testimony just as easily as someone else’s dramatic one. Here it is.
I was blessed to be born into a Christian home. I remember being taught from a very young age that I was separated from God because of my sin and that without Jesus, I could not go to heaven. I didn’t fully understand all the specifics of sin but I did understand that without Jesus I couldn’t be with God because of it. I don’t remember how old I was. I don’t remember asking my parents to pray with me. It seemed pretty simple to my little brain – I needed Jesus, because He could fix what I could not. So I closed my eyes (and covered my head with a pillow just so Jesus and I could really be alone) and asked Jesus to be my savior. Fortunately I came to faith in Jesus as a little child. Unfortunately, my faith remained childlike as I grew physically and mentally. I wasted years with little fruit to bear witness to my faith. Thankfully, that is not the end of my testimony. Philippians 1:6 says “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. “ I love that verse. God sent Jesus to save me from my sin AND THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING! God doesn’t give up when I am slow to change. He doesn’t cast me aside when I allow myself to become weighted down with my selfishness. He is carrying on the work He began in me.
Autumn
