Witness…Do You?

“You are what you eat.”

Is that a ridiculous cliche’, or not?  I think that it can be rather ridiculous.  If I like salads, does that make me lettuce?  If I like to eat ice cream, does that make me a dairy product (and I do like ice cream) ? 

Of course, the cliche’ means that the way you eat will determine how effectively and efficiently your body works.  If you eat junk food, your body will not work as efficiently as if you eat healthy.  In this case, it is safe to say that your activity determines your identity — and vice versa.

It is the same for believers.  Jesus said, “You will be my witnesses.”  As Christians, Jesus did not offer the option of being a witness but He established it as an absolute.  We are witnesses, but the question is “Do I witness as a testimony to the Lord Jesus Christ?” 

Do You…?

I cannot get away from the fact that we must be intentional about doing who we are.  We must be intentional about doing the work of our identity…WITNESSES.  There are a lot of things that Christians get concerned and preoccupied about.  Is the intentionality of our witness one of those things?  Is there anything more imperative than warning someone that he is about to die if he does not change?

If you are saved, you are a witness.  If you are saved, are you intentional about doing your life as a reflection of your identity?  Are you finding new ways to intentionally learn to witness?  Are you finding ways to intentionally share a witness?  Are you finding ways to communicate a witness?

Find ways to get better at doing the very thing that you are…WITNESS.

P.S.:  Come be a part of a new series in August 2008 on Sunday mornings at Green Acres Baptist Church called WITNESS, or check out the audio versions if you are in church somewhere else at www.greenacresbc.com and see the bottom of the front page.