Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:1-20 (day five). And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”
How long had this new believer been saved? Minutes? Hours? At the most, a day. There was no training or handbook or scripture memory. There was no system for “sharing the gospel”. He hadn’t been to Sunday School or even heard one sermon. Hasn’t been baptized. All he had (all he needed) was his newly found faith and his story. Yet, Jesus gave him the assignment to stay and faithfully tell his story. The story of God’s grace, and a changed heart and a new life. “And everyone was amazed.”
What is the story of your faith? How you met and encountered Christ? How your life and heart have changed because of Him? That’s YOUR story that YOU get to tell. It’s enough. It’s powerful. It’s what people need to see and hear!! Maybe the Christian faith is more about biography than theology.
Thank you Scott for reminding me that my story is precious to God and to others.
Amen! Always biography before theology