The Testimony

The Word of God tells us that the righteous will overcome the enemy by two things – the Blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. Every Christian is familiar with the first weapon on that list and certainly without Jesus’ shed blood the conversation ends right there. Thank God it doesn’t though. With Jesus having done the work to redeem us, there is one other weapon mentioned that has great power: the word of our testimony.

Unfortunately, testimony giving in many places has become a story about us, or how ‘bad’ we used to be or the horrible stuff we used to partake in. I’ve heard some testimonies and afterwards thought taking a shower might be a good idea because of all the yuck that was dumped on the listeners. But the testimony that has power to overcome Satan is never man-centered – it’s Christ centered. The story of Jesus healing us, or saving and delivering us is the subject of a testimony that causes hell to tremble. Revelation 19:11 says: For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. We know that prophecy either foretells the future or causes things to change in the present (1 Cor. 14:3). When we testify about what Jesus has done for us – a powerful prophetic anointing is released in the hearts of hearers that says, “if God did it for them – He can do it for me!” That’s why I think it’s really sad that few churches anymore have a ‘testimony service’ or at least allow time for testimonies to be given in corporate settings. When we hear good testimonies, faith to overcome is released prophetically in our hearts.

Let’s not neglect the power of the testimony!