Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

I woke up early this morning and I have been thinking seriously about witnessing. I’ve come to a conclusion that I have to be more precise in what I say. It is not like the witnesses to an accident reporting to the police. “I was standing over here and I saw this. She was standing over there and did not see this because her view was blocked. I cannot tell you what she saw.”

Witnessing Jesus is more like this. 100 plus X is dependent on X. 100 is a constant that never changes, it is not a variant. If I am X then the answer would not be the same if you were X. We are different, we are the variants. Christ is the constant.

Another way to put it is this. There is a difference in what Jesus has done for me and what Jesus has done with me. There is a variable in what Jesus done with us. We are the variable.

I have been guilty of telling people and perhaps even judging people in connection with what Jesus can do with them. Just because Jesus did this with me, does not mean He will do the same with others. The variables change. That does not identify and bring clarity to the constant.

He did a sovereign healing of drug addiction in me. It is not right for me to tell drug addicts that Jesus will do the same for them if they will to just believe. It is my wish that He would, but my wish is not His will. What He has done for me is not what He does with me.

A good witness removes self from the equation.

I am not going to quote any scripture today.

A friend challenged us today to think of a scripture which relates to one spiritual matter. The first challenge is to recall an appropriate scripture. To remember implies one has read the scriptures.

The second requirement is to find and validate the scripture brought to mind. In doing this I discovered that the scripture I was thinking about did not exist. Oh, it existed but it didn’t quite support my thoughts.

I’ve been saved since the mid-60’s. I’ve read the word many times. I’ve read thru the entire bible cover to cover three times. I’ve read certain passages hundreds of times. My mind is as illuminated as I could ever desire or expect.

But my mind is still flesh and subject to decay.

My comfort and security does not come from thinking about the Word of God. It comes from reading the Word of God and allowing the Holy Spirit to speak to me thru that which is in front of my eyes.

Do you have confidence in the flesh? Not flesh that is noted as the seat of sin, but the body specific. We are a people who are confident in abilities but all abilities of both body and mind are subject to decay.

Relationships also are subject to decay. If you do not spend time with those you love, love will become, like all memories, a distant thing.

My relationship with the Lord has to be based on current timely connection, visiting upon the Word, visiting my faith, making my relationship with the Lord my God more than just a distant memory.

I think I remember something about all things fading away except His Word. Now I can trust my memory or I could do the better thing and enter into His Word and see it and Him for myself.

By faith, now where did I leave my glasses!!