“But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.” (v. 16)

I love this subtle little nuance that Paul remembers Jesus saying.

As he recounts (again) his radical encounter with Christ, Paul details Christ’s commission for him. He remembers Jesus saying that he would testify openly to the truth of the Gospel.

And—here is the nuance—Paul was to do that personally, testifying to the truth he himself had personally experienced. Not only that, but Paul was told to testify to all he had seen…and all he would yet see.

We ought to let this shape our own testimonial lives. We ought to be proclaiming the revealed truth of the Gospel, as it is given in God’s Word, and we ought to be doing it personally. We ought to be telling His story, and we ought to be telling how our stories intersect it. And we ought to be keeping it fresh, for His mercies are new every day, and His ministry in your life has resulted in an ongoing account of help and healing and hope.

Your testimony, like Paul’s, should speak of all Christ has done and is still doing. It’s our commission, too.

— Tyler