It’s such a simple task, and accomplishes so much. I watched a podcast by LifeChurch.tv and Craig Groschel gave the challenge to his church: just tell your story. God will use your story.

The way that you come to Christ will touch someone’s life. Every time I am asked to tell my testimony, whether it’s a youth group or a church service on Sunday morning, I have to ask God to lead me to cross and humble me. Make me realize that it’s about the other person, and I have to speak to the audience as if I am talking to one person, individually. I went through what I did for a reason, so have you. God will use your story.

But it’s more than just being asked to share your testimony- it’s wanting to share it at all times.  If you’re ashamed to tell your story- figure out why.  I’ve been using the boldness of Christ to start doing this at work.  It’s changing ME!

Maybe it means you write it here in the comments section.  Maybe you get baptized and proclaim it there.  Maybe you start a blog or write a short story or poem or song and then share it with others.  Maybe it means you put it up on YouTube.  Start somewhere.

So don’t be afraid. Don’t hold it back. Just tell it like it is. There are people in the audience who will be addicted to porn, sex, drugs …. but also small things, like gossip, lying, self-centredness, passiveness. It doesn’t matter what your deal is. Just say it. God will use your story.

So I challenge you: don’t be afraid to tell your story. It doesn’t matter how crazy or extravagent it is or whether it’s just short and brief:

God will use your story… because He wrote it.

Aaron