John 15:18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
This idea of testifying, witnessing to others (see verse 27) is terrifying to me. I’m not sure what about it is so disconcerting. Is it the “showboating” feel? The fact that I would feel like the center of attention? The fear that I don’t have important enough testimony to share? I have no idea.
John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
In part, I think, I began sharing my daily devos to combat that feeling within me. I have seen God’s love in a thousand different ways, both big and small. Most of them may not be particularly earth-shattering (see the fear about not having important enough testimony) but are more of a gentle whisper (1 Kings 19:12) that I know to be my Savior.
John 15:26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
Lord, Thank You that You are present daily in so many ways. Thank You that I see you in the sunrise bouncing off the clouds, the smile and kind words of a neighbor, the unexpected text from a friend. Thank You for being a gentle whisper that permeates my life. Help me to share You and the many ways I see You with all I meet today. Amen.
John 15:27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
Have a blessed day.