I believe, especially, in today`s culture we get so caught up in media and technology that we miss out on many opportunities just to sit down and share about what God has done in our life or someone else`s life. Even when you see someone out and about we, as Americans, ask the other person how they are doing just to be polite, but passed that smile and laughter, is that person really OKAY? Is that person carrying a burden that they are not sharing? Has that person conquered more than they will ever tell?
I believe we are all living testimonies for God. Yet we always tend to think that a person's testimony has to be this miraculous event where God gave them a second chance in life, whether it be from drugs and alcohol or even to financial issues. Now don't get me wrong, some of those stories can be the most touching and inspiring of them all, but what if you could say your testimony wasn't extravagant, rather something different. Something actually quite simple, yet it meant a lot to you. What if you could say you never gave into the worldly desires that surround you constantly. What if you were able to say God kept you safe in His arms your whole life? And that you were able to say to other people that you never tried drugs, drinking, premarital sex, self-mutilation, or even looked at porn, but rather gave your life over to Him from the start. Then you could truthfully say you kept a pure heart, mind, and soul. I believe that would be a true testimony in itself.
In a world that tells you to act on your emotions and feelings you are able to say you didn't need drugs or sex to fill that empty void. But rather for the very beginning the hole for acceptance, need, and want, was filled with the love of Christ. Wouldn't you be proud to say that throughout your life God kept you pure, because your God had everything under control. I believe that would be a miracle, especially in today`s culture. I can honestly say that no one has shared a testimony like that before because the crowd has set a standard and has said that a "testimony" has to come with obstacles, and tribulations. You don't have to go do the road of heartache, pain, and misery if you know who you are in Christ. I am not saying that your life will be perfect, because God even tells us that we will face difficult times. Since this world shouts in our ears to follow the crowd, doing the total opposite would be a statement. A statement that many would witness. Instead of saying "yes" to that alcohol, that cigarette, that knife, that drug, what if we said "NO"? Imagine what the devil will be thinking.
God called YOU to be different, to stand out, to be that shining light in this dark world. So why is it many so called "Christians" are blending into their surroundings? Step out and be the change you want to see in this universe, because God`s love is so addictive that it will leave others wanting more.
Romans 12:1-2
"So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."
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