Let’s share our story
There can be no testimony without a test. The proof is that ‘test’ is in the word ‘testimony’. I am certainly someone who does not look for the opportunity to endure hardship or pain. However, when we triumph through the Lord, it gives us a weapon against the enemy and a tool of encouragement to others. My testimony, your testimony, our testimonies are a powerful weapon because they remind the devil he cannot win and encourage others that they can. Therefore, it is possible for us to bear our battle scars as the victor’s crown through Jesus. This is indeed special.*
Revelation 12:11 reads,
And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
(NLT)
What a great verse. Full of victory, but also full of ‘cost’. Jesus’ shed blood and our story of God being with us through the valley of the shadow. To lay down our lives; to be a witness, a martyr.
So, let’s share our story and give God the glory.
Only Jesus,
Dony
*with acknowledgement to ‘The Triumphant Testimony’ devotional by Matt Martin