Witness part 1
I try to make things simple. Probably because I consider myself a pretty simple guy. But also because I think this God thing--this LOVE thing--is way too important to make people jump through hoops to get it. Word Without Walls, right? I don't want to swim too deep that it's hard for people to hold their breath in order to get down to where I'm at. So let me try to say this as simply as I can: It's our "job" to be a witness. Plain and simple. But what is a witness? Someone who tells others what they've seen. What they've heard. What they've experienced. We don't have to "figure God out" all the time. He is revealing Himself to us (and in us, and through us, and as us). We simply have to receive and release what He has for us. Pick up what He's laying down, if I can say it that way. Bear witness to it, and then share the good news of the gospel. Look at Romans 8:16, "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." The Holy Spirit--the Spirit of Truth that leads and guides us into all truth--bears witness with our spirit. He testifies of our true identity by testifying of Jesus. Because Jesus IS our true identity. God in the flesh. Love in a body. God in OUR flesh. Love in OUR body. So basically it's just look into the mirror. INTO the mirror. Not AT the mirror. If you look AT the mirror you'll see surface flaws. You'll see who the world tells you you are. But if you look inside... you'll see Jesus. When God looks at Jesus He sees us and when God looks at us He sees Jesus. So we need to start seeing ourselves that way. And we need to start seeing each other that way. You can't be a witness to something that you can't, or don't, see. That's not how it works. Look at Romans 9:1, "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost." It's about the truth. That ultimate truth of the universe that God is love and He loves you. That ultimate truth of the universe that the Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into His hands. That ultimate truth of the universe that WE are that Son! Our heavenly Father hath given all things into OUR hands. We have everything we need. We are who we are supposed to be. But here's the key: What you see is what you be. What you magnify in you life is what manifests in your life. What you feed is what will grow. Seeing is believing. One more time--you can't be a witness to something you haven't seen, or heard, or experienced. You can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. So the key is setting your affection. Setting your eyes on the prize, if I can say it that way. Letting love light the way... so that we can see clearly. See HIM clearly. See ourselves clearly. See each other clearly. Once you've witnessed the truth, the lie has no hold over you. When you know the truth you can ignore the lie. When you know you are loved you can stop looking for love in all the wrong places. When you're a witness, it's because you've experienced something that is so good that you can't keep it to yourself. Something that you wouldn't keep to yourself even if you could. Because it's so good. So good. So GOD. Because... it's love!