Psalm 105:1 (NSRV) Give thanks to the LORD and call upon his Name; make known his deeds among the peoples.
The psalmist urges us to give thanks, to call upon God’s name and bear witness to God’s deeds by telling others. How is your witnessing going these days? I’m fairly good at giving thanks and calling on God for help. But I need help telling others what God has done in my life.
We have been reading in John’s Gospel about Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. She is so excited by what Jesus shares with her that she leaves her water jar on the lip of the well, runs into the center of town, and invites everyone to come and see this Jesus. This nameless woman is one of the first missionaries to the world, telling the story of how Jesus changed her life, and inviting them to know Jesus and to be changed as well.
Why do we feel such a reluctance to share the story of Jesus in our lives? The Samaritan woman inspires me to share how Jesus has worked in my life. There is a definition of witnessing I like: to be with others in such a way that they know we’ve been with Jesus. Maybe it is that simple—and that profound.
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