Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 1/4/13 - Step 12 - Can I Get a Witness?

"So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:6-8 NLT

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of the steps, we tried to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs.

Since our recovery and our relationship with God manifests in such an incredible physical, mental, emotional change in us we usually can't help but be eternally grateful for not having to live the way we used to live. But the reality is with this change comes responsibility. God didn't transform us to be silent about the transformation. We're supposed want to tell somebody about what we've found. Think about it, if you find an awesome restaurant or a store with great bargains you aren't gonna keep it a secret so why keep the Source of what completely change your life a secret?

What's so awesome is that God isn't even asking to stand on the street with a bullhorn either, because folk are already watching this amazing change and will come to you. Plus as we encounter folk that are in the same condition the compassion that God has placed in us and the identification with what they're going through will motivate us to provide the hand up. We don't even have to know what to say because God will give us the words and the fact that we've been there and felt the same pain will give us the opening to plant a seed. All we have to do is be willing to show others a measure of what God has shown us.