Spiritual Formation: Telling Your Story

Many people love a good story with some thrills and spills. Swashing buckling sailors on the open seas fighting pirates searching for gold. Here is the thing, Long John Silver and his men have nothing on your incredible God story, and people need to hear it! Your God story is essential. God never intended for you to keep your story to yourself but share it with others. You may think that your story is boring or not like that other person's story. Right, your story is well your story. And no one's story is boring because God does not make boring stories!

As you start this new year, you may find it interesting to write down your faith journey and how you came to believe and receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior. In Acts, we see an excellent example of writing out our story. Paul shares how he came to know and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior a few times.

As you begin to write your story, you may think you need to spend a lot of time sharing all your past sins and everything you have walked through. Not the case. Your past should be short and to the point. You are then moving into when you accepted and confessed Jesus as Lord moving toward spending a good portion of your time sharing how God has changed your life, how you have started serving in an area of the church. How you took your next step by getting baptized. How you accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior of your life and how you were taught about the Holy Spirit, and through the Holy Spirit, he has empowered you to share the message of hope to those you meet. This is when it gets exciting. This is the part of your story that God intended for you to share with others.

Now, I am not saying that you should not share where you came from, but it is more exciting to hear about how God is transforming you than talking about the burdens and garbage you were carrying around. You have been set free from all the guilt, shame, fear, doubt, and even insecurities because of the cross.

So, what is holding you back from telling your story? Now is the time to share the gift of love, mercy, grace, and hope with your neighbors, coworkers, friends, and family. Tell your story.

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