Joshua 24:31(NKJV)
31Israel served the Lord all the days
of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had known all the works of
the Lord which He had done for Israel.
And then they
started to fall away. It's a cycle that
repeats itself over and over and over again.
Why do you think that is? Here is
my guess. It has to do with the personal
witness and experience.
In court the most
persuasive testimony is the eye witness.
They were there. They saw it
happen. So all you have to do is listen
to them and decide if you believe them or not.
The farther removed you are from the eye witness testimony, the easier
it is to doubt, to question.
It's no different
with our faith. As we read about these
things in the Bible it can be easy to question because after all, we don't know
these people. If it had been us or our parents
that had been the eye witnesses we would be much less likely to doubt. Does that make sense?
That is why the
personal relationship with Jesus is so important. Once you accept Christ and begin to build
that relationship with Him, we are no longer taking someone else's testimony
about Him. We know Him personally and
it makes it so much easier to keep the faith.
How about you? Do you have that personal relationship with
Jesus yet? All it takes is a simple
prayer asking him lead and guide your life.
Go ahead, have a conversation with Jesus. It's easy.
"Dear Jesus…"
I believe its also why personal testimony can be so powerful.
ReplyDeleteInstead of memorizing a bunch of Scripture and beating people over the head with a Bible, I believe that if we all just shared from our hearts what God has done in our lives we would be a lot more successful in our outreach efforts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!