I Believe

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
I BELIEVE
Prov 12:17
17 A truthful witness gives honest testimony,
but a false witness tells lies.
NIV
What do I do with this? Either I am truthful or I am a liar and that is that. If I am a believer in Jesus Christ I have no choice but to give an honest testimony. I trust God is my testimony. I believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God who was born of a virgin, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and who was fully man and fully God. I believe Jesus came for the singular purpose of dying in the cross for my sin. I believe he was buried and in three days rose from the grave in a gloried body, walked and talked, with his people, and then ascended in bodily form to the right hand of God the Father where he is always making intercession for me. I believe he is preparing a place for me and one day he will return to get me and bring me to that place in the everlasting presence of God the Father. I believe he is alive and well, and that he is in fact God. I believe he is my Lord and master and it is my privilege to serve him and his kingdom. I believe I am no longer a citizen of this world, but hold my citizenship in the Kingdom of God. I am but am alien here, yet also an ambassador of my Lord to this foreign land. I represent his lordship in the place. I believe God inspired holy men to record words he told them and that he inspired other holy men to assemble all those records into one book, the Holy Bible which is in fact his words and if without error. That is my honest testimony. Now I suppose I could say all that and not live according to my belief and that would be false and telling lies. I could profess to be a Christian and actually within my being not really truly believe all that is true. I am not sure how I could do that considering all the personal contact I have had with my Lord. I know I could not believe after having him heal me, provide for me through so many miracles and speak to my heart and mind in such a clear and resounding way. I could not believe, and if I did not believe I would surely say it, I would not be double-minded and simply pretend to believe. I am who I am and I say what I believe. I am honest about my faith, outspoken about my faith, and truthful about what I believe is the truth of God. The simple fact is I believe.