Up in court

I am up in court on Wednesday.Before you jump to the wrong conclusion, no, I have not done anything wrong. I am to be a witness in a case of theft. This set me on a train of thought about witnesses which naturally led to thinking about our faith.

There are some people who are called and equipped by God to be missionaries and evangelists. This is not everyone. We are all different with a variety of callings and gifts. "What has this to do with witnesses?" you may ask. Everything, I would say; it is very easy to hide behind the fact that we are not all evangelists and thereby excuse ourselves from any sort of outreach with non-believers.

In the bible Jesus calls us all to be witnesses. There is a huge difference between an evangelist and a witness but the end result can sometimes be the same. Just like in court, a witness is called to tell of what they have seen, heard and experienced. As Christians we too are called to be witnesses to what we have seen, heard and witnessed of the living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit in our lives. Doing it is not easy to begin with, but we can remember that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us and if God is for us who can be against us? As with any spiritual discipline it needs practice for us to be relaxed and secure in doing it and the only way to practice something is ... to practice it!