STAND UP AND WITNESS

STAND UP AND WITNESS Are you a witness for God And Jesus in today's world? Do you LIKE feeling the love Of God and Jesus in your heart? BETTER yet how do you feel When you run across or Run into someone WHO is a particularly COMMITTED Christian? Today we read about The troubling LOVE of God About Herod and about John the Baptist ONE of the most particular and Committed CHRISTIANS of all time He was NOT AFRAID to stand up And witness-and he was jailed- Murdered-and beheaded for it “Herod feared John-KNOWING him To be a righteous and HOLY MAN And kept him in custody When he heard him speak He was very much perplexed Yet he LIKED to listen to him” Mark 6:20 STAND UP and witness Regardless of the consequences That's what John did Would you do it? Would I do it? That is what it takes To be a committed Christian In today's world STAND UP AND WITNESS “There was a man SENT from God Whose name was John He came as a WITNESS To testify Concerning the LIGHT So that through him All might believe He himself was not the light He came ONLY As a witness to the light” John 1:6-8 John testified to the LIGHT OF JESUS That is our job too To TESTIFY to the light That has already come WHEN we encounter anyone LIVING in the light It can be both terrifying And attractive too It can be scary to meet someone Who KNOWS the heart and mind of Jesus I TRY to know the heart and mind Of Jesus I try to stand up and testify To the love-and forgiveness- And kindness of God But I UNDERSTAND how sometimes It can be OVERWHELMING to people Like John was with Herod Like Jesus was with Pilate GOD'S POWER-God's love can overwhelm us Yet we still NEED to stand up and testify We need to stand up and witness For God and Jesus-UNTIL- The end of time “An honest witness Tells the truth But a false witness Tells lies” Proverbs 12:17 “For WHERE two or three Are GATHERED in my name There I will be” Matthew 18:20 We need to STAND UP and witness together About God and Jesus And there they will be RIGHT in the Midst of us ALL the way-until THE END OF TIME Robert P. Wallman 8-28-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy