I-witness =)

Written by Meg

I was inspired to write about the word for today by Rick Warren in his Dailyhope

“Things that are seen don’t last forever, but things that are not seen are eternal. That’s why we keep our minds on the things that cannot be seen.” (2 Corinthians 4:18 CEV)

Things in this world are temporary, while things cannot be seen are eternal. The eternal things we are referring that are unseen in the spiritual realms - Jesus Christ, the heaven and His kingdom. Knowing the nature of God is truly amazing. I cannot fathom how He able to send His own son who came into this world just to show how He loves us. The Holy Bible had spoken and testify that truth in John 3:16 and this also includes the people during that time as 'eye witness' on how Jesus lived here on Earth. We cannot deny the fact because history speaks itself. The resurrection of Jesus Christ gave us the assurance that He was indeed the son of God who came, died and rose again and it is the essence we are celebrating 'Easter' every year. No other man who lived on Earth who rose again after death. It was only Jesus Christ and it was testified by his disciple and other people who witness His appearance before leaving this Earth with this powerful message.."But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. After saying this, He was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see Him.." - Acts 1:8-9

We as Christians are even grateful until this time; even though we did not see Jesus Christ in person, we believed in Him. We testified that He is the son of God because of those witnesses (His disciples) who believed in Him too. They wrote the life of Jesus Christ, including all their sufferings and persecutions in believing the kind of faith they have in Christ. These disciples have their own historical records that can be seen and verified. Their authenticity cannot be denied. If a judge makes a judgment, their records are indeed strong evidences that like Jesus Christ, they lived and mingled with other people who also became a witness just like us today. A proof that God Himself also protects His own people in order that a 'living successor' just like us to be a witness of His existence. As a believer, I don't think He will allow His own people to die without any survivor to be a LIVING WITNESS here on Earth.

Relatively, this reminds me of the Emperor's New Clothes. The little child who cried out and said, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" was the only witness who's brave enough to say so. An innocent child yet so powerful. This is a wonderful unreal story that an author can create and very influential for people to believe that only one child is indeed a great witness for truth. How much more of the things that happened, more real and indisputable with all the many living witnesses that the Bible is referring to.