Acts 4:20
“It
is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
My mother still remembered what
happened. She saw a man entered our
house… through the window. That man is
looking for something. Fear crept
through her body and pretended to be sleeping.
The man then went downstairs, took some small things and when out
through our main door. Afterwhich, she
immediately woke up my father and told him what happened. My father immediately called the police. The thief was caught as my mother was able to
recognize his face (and he was a neighbor!).
She witnessed it and her story was enough to have that man jailed.
The disciples of Jesus, after receiving the
Holy Spirit, have started sharing the good news. May tried to disprove their pronouncements
about the risen Lord, but those disbelievers only tried in vain.
The disciples are first-hand witnesses and
have seen, touched and heard Jesus after rising again from the dead. As material witnesses, no one can dispute their
integrity and so the Christian faith spread faster than one can ever
imagine. They witnessed for Him and were
even willing to die for Him so His Words can be shared to all.
We are not first-hand witnesses to the
Lord’s resurrection, which is true. But
this should not stop us from witnessing for the Lord. We live today because of Him and shall die
for Him and things that He stands for:
love and peace.
So, we must ask ourselves again, who are
we? And, for whom do we witness? I hope and pray each one of us is a good
witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. And
we are called to lead others to Christ, and not just to His name, but also to
His peace, and His love, and His compassion.
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, Jesus is calling me to a
new beginning; to a fresh call to discipleship.
Today, I affirm that I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no
longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
Amen +
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me.
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