There is incredible truth that can be gathered from a testimony.

And there are few testimonies more powerful than the one given by the Apostle Paul…And his writings should not be taken lightly.

When I read the testimony of John, I am lead to the foot of the cross and the reality that Jesus is Lord.  The uneducated fisherman describes Messiah with such power that I can’t help but bow before Him.

And then there is the testimony of Paul.

The man who tried to exterminate Christianity before it came to be. 

And then he becomes its greatest champion.

And he is so rocked that he writes three of the New Testament books from a prison cell.

How does that happen?

It happens when a man (or woman) comes to the reality that they are short.

Short on character.

Short on holiness.

Short on righteousness.

Short on … happiness.

God is not in the business of taking our lives.  He is in the business of giving us a life so great that we would throw our old one in the trash.

Colossians 4 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

Amen, amen, and amen.  And in response to this verse I say:

“Lord, fill me up with Your mystery… 

And then help me give it away to others.

Let me be so filled with your spirit that I would 

consider chains not to be a burden.”

And so I ask you this day:  

How well do you know this God of the universe?  

Do you know Him well enough that you will walk into chains because you see being away from Him worse than being in chains?

I don’t.

I want more.

I want the God of the universe to further overwhelm me.

I want the God of the universe to change my house, and my children.

I want the God of the universe to change my school and my city.

I want the God of the universe to change the hearts of my country.

It is in this hope that I have hope.

“Lord, we are lost without you.  We literally are sitting ducks for hell.  Change our hearts.  Callous our appetites.  Open our eyes ears.  Show us who to fight and who to hug.  And rescue us … from ourselves.”

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J