May 26 Devotion: A Beautiful Testimony

1).  When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.  2).  Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue filled with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.  3).  The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.  4).  Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south,  5).  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.  6).  He that goeth forth and weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

                            PSALMS 126:1-6 (KJV)

We love inspiring stories. Biographies of those who make great use of a second chance tend to top bestseller lists. But few people experience something so dramatic. Most of us are wonderfully ordinary. Sadly, some believers think that being a “regular person” makes their testimony unexciting and less valuable. Nothing could be further from the truth.

A personal testimony is a way of expressing what God has done and is doing in our life. No matter how commonplace our words may seem compared to someone else’s, the Lord will see to it that they impact the hearers who need them.

Imagine this: A 6-year-old girl accepts Christ. As she grows, she’ll be able to tell her friends of God’s greatness, explaining that He made the gospel clear to her as a child and continues to reveal something new to her regularly. When she is 80, she’ll be able to share about a lifetime of walking with Jesus. 

Her testimony may not be “exciting,” but it doesn’t need to be. It will be spiritual gold.

-IBC