Galatians 1:11-24
"Paul called by God"
Paul starts this passage off by reassuring the church in Galatia that the message he preached there was not some contrivance of man, but a revelation from God. Paul then proceeds to give one of the most important witnessing tools any Christian has - his testimony.
I'm not going to break down the testimony completely, but instead, i'm going to look for key elements of his testimony that he mentions.
- He starts his testimony off by giving his past before his conversion
- He then gives the circumstances of his conversion
- He gives his calling when he received it (which was coincidentally after his conversion)
- He then gives an account of where he has been in serving - not every little detail, only the important ones.
- He also accounts blessings of God and points of note in his life - eg. when he states that he stayed with peter, or when the news of him went about.
This kinda gives us a guideline for us in our testimony and how we can structure it to give glory to God. so, if I were to build mine along these lines (not necessarily in the same order as above - it still needs to be chronological):
- I was a pastor's kid, grew up in church in a christian home
- got saved at 7
- became an mk to SA, mk camp was a blessing, 9/11 prayer
- recommitted my life after period of "drought"
- entered high school, became CU leader, youth leader
- called to lead worship
- became worship leader, started university
- searching for guidance and calling (if it's different), bearing through quiet points
see, if you use those guidelines, you pretty much show where God has worked in your life. also, feel free to add rough patches, especially if God led you back out of one, as they tell the tale of where you've been - no one's story just gets better and better and never suffers a pitfall or low...
but have fun! and remember, your testimony is one of the few things other people can't argue with you about and say that you're wrong. that's why it's so powerful...
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