It’s easy to make proclamations. What is the witness? What do I have? What am I?
1 John. 1:5,6,7 God is light.
Is my witness one of superiority?
A church name is nothing without God.
John 8:39,40,41 It’s easy to look back in history and find fault, but these were the Jewish leaders and they felt confident in their point of view. When I become rigid in my beliefs, I can’t be molded by God. Do I have the attitude of the Pharisees?
Children need attention and want to be seen. They want to be right and be seen as above others. How do I interact with others? This is my witness.
Can others ask me honest questions about God without feeling inferior? If there is a question I don’t know how to answer, do I say this is just the way it is or do I indicate I want to seek God's answer? I can want to be the best I can and spiritually not strive to be better than another.
Am I talking about what I am not or what I am. Am I projecting the message that “I’m not you.”
Luke 18:9,10,11,12,13 It’s okay to be thankful for the things I no longer am, but this isn’t shining a light. All these things are good, but if this is all I am, it creates a limit for my witness.
Is my witness a hope?
1 Peter 3:15 Someone must see the hope first. It is a characteristic that can be observed. It is what I have. My witness is the light and the fruit.
Just as I know the next day I have physically exercised, when I am exercised in godliness it will be apparent to others. Long suffering with joyfulness is unusual. It will be noticed.
Matthew 5:13,14,15,16 If I am not producing fruit, it doesn’t matter what I don’t do. It doesn’t matter where I attend church. My witness has to be true and must be the message of God.
Is the cup half full or half empty of water? The world lives in a spiritual desert. A thirsty person coming from a desert only sees the witness of the water. What I have is my witness.
