Our testimonies have power

"Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?'" John 4:1-28-29 NIV

Josh Clark, the founder of the first Couch to 5k program, admitted that he never liked running in an interview on Monday with This Morning. In fact, he said, “before all of this began, I hated running. So much. Like with a white-hot heat. My lungs burned, and my legs screamed. It was a cruel, endless torture… A bad breakup back in the early 1990s got me running. It was punishing and painful, and if I’m honest, maybe that was the point. But then something crazy happened: it started to feel good. At some point, the boring awful discomfort gave way to real pleasure — physically, mentally, even spiritually.” At that point, Josh said, he caught "the zeal of the converted" and wanted to share his discovery with others--thus he wrote the first C25K schedule and the rest is history.  Thousands of people have now completed the program with great success thanks to Josh's willingness to share his story. 

And you know, hearing the story of someone whose life has been changed in some dramatic way has the power to cause others to follow. Consider the story of the Samaritan woman who met Jesus at the well. The Bible tells us that Jesus revealed the details of her sinful life causing her to believe that He might just be the awaited Messiah. Rather than keeping that revelation to herself, she "went back to the town" (I envision her running back to the town!) and invited everyone to come and see this man who claimed to be the One they had all been waiting for. And it was because of the woman's testimony that, "Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him."

So if you think your testimony doesn't have the power to cause someone to seek Jesus, think again my friend. No matter how unexciting you think your story might be, it is the story of your redemption! A story that should ignite your zeal to see others come to know the One who is still redeeming those who accept Him as Savior today. So tell it. 

Heavenly Father, thank You for giving each and every one of us a story. Open up doors for us to share that story with others Lord that they might be led to You because of it. Help us to be bold Lord, remembering that people will die in their sins if they don't seek You. It's in Your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen. 

Happy Running!!!

Tell Somebody - Danny Gokey