We are to be His Witnesses

We are to be His Witnesses

“I, even I, am the LORD, And besides Me there is no savior. I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, And there was no foreign god among you; Therefore you are My witnesses,” Says the LORD, “that I am God.” Isaiah 43:11-12 NKJV

God spoke this to the Jewish people to reassure them of His power, position and faithfulness. Then He says, “you are my witnesses” even to the point that you prove “that I am God”. This is also true of all that have become Christians.

All God has done in our lives is to prove His attributes to those who do not know Him. Those that are serving false gods should be able to look at us, His people and see Him. We should reflect one or more aspects of His Glory. Others should not be able to see foreign gods in our lives.

This comes to commitment, dedicated to learning to be like Him. Then we act out before others what we have learned. They see Him in/through us, therefore we are His witnesses. He even trains us to be a blessing to others. He shares with us His gifts for helping others. Therefore we not only can show Him to others but we can be a vessel He uses to bring redemption to others.

Romans 12: ³ For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. ⁴ For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, ⁵ so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. ⁶ Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; ⁷ or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; ⁸ he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Watch out, handling God’s gifts carries a high responsibility. Paul wrote, “not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly,”. We need the right attitude before handling His gifts. It is all about being His witness. In all we do are we pointing people to Him?  The founding pastor of my church has been my pastor for over thirty years now and I have watched him be a faithful witness. He never exalted himself but rather through his exhorting, teaching, prophesying, etc, he showed me Jesus. Even if I tried to exalt my pastor, he deflected that exaltation to the God he faithfully serves.

We as the church, that were grafted into the spiritual nation of Israel, are to be His witnesses.