Witnessing Through Actions: Reflecting God’s Love in Our Lives

• By candidasullivan
• February 10, 2025
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I read something recently that put it all in perspective. It said, “People who meet you should meet Jesus.”

I sometimes get so caught up in life, and what I want that I forget what I am truly here for. It’s not to be successful or have everything I want, not even to spend time with my family. My true purpose is to be a witness to God. 

Isaiah 43:12 KJV

12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.

Once we are saved, God leaves us here to help others find Him. Our testimonies of God’s goodness reach other people. When we show people with our lives the true goodness of God, we can reach them. We don’t always have to mention His name. We can show others our Lord by allowing His love to pour out of us. 

We show others Jesus with a genuine smile and acts of love and kindness. So often, it’s in what we do rather than what wesay. 

Our actions must align with our words. We can’t say we love others and then mistreat them. 

In recent years, I have felt a shift in this. People speak words of love to our faces and radiate hate. We can feel it. Thiscauses confusion about who God is. 

The condition of our hearts and our alignment with God shows. Whatever is inside of us will spill out. Therefore, I want to make sure it is love, kindness, and compassion. 

God told a woman to come to me once, and I would help her. The whole experience rattled me. Afterward, I was so relieved I welcomed her with open arms and asked the Lord how to help her. But I also contemplated the opposite. What if I had brushed her off or if I had been hateful? We truly never know when God will send someone to us. Therefore, I want to treat everyone like God sent them to me. 

And if I’m having a bad day or getting rattled, I pray God protects me and others. I would never want someone to leave an interaction with me and doubt my salvation.

It’s a constant battle between my inward and outward self. Therefore, I need to check in with myself continuously and see how I feel. If I feel more irritated with people than loving, I need to ask God to help me. I must spend time with the Lord if everything gets on my nerves. Anything standing in my way of showing others my Lord needs to be taken care of quickly. 

We all get down occasionally and struggle. But we don’t have to stay there. God has grace for our every need. He can help us with our struggles. And restore the joy our souls crave.

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