YOUR TESTIMONY

“I don’t have a good testimony,” Sato said. We had just met. I asked him to tell me his testimony as a way of getting acquainted.  

My short silence and question-marked facial expression caused Sato to ask, “What is a testimony?” I instantly understood. Sato, a new Christian from Japan, wasn’t able to hurdle the language barriers— “Christianese” and English.

In the let’s-share context I was talking about, I meant the story of how he became a Christian. Sato smiled; now he knew what I meant.

God says, “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”

For over a year Sato had traveled the world seeking God. He traveled to India, spending a month there seeking God. He traveled to the United States and sought God. He repeated this pattern as he traveled the globe. Sato says, “Each time I returned to Japan I felt empty.”

Sato encountered the spectrum of religion during his travels yet he still hadn’t found what he was looking for.

Is it true if we seek for God, the true God, we will find Him? God promises we will.

Confused, disillusioned, tired and still desperately seeking God, he once again returned to Japan. Late one night, Sato was again searching for God--this time on the Internet. He found Heidi Baker preaching a simple message about Jesus Christ, repentance of sin, the good news of forgiveness and eternal life.

Sato had traveled the world looking for God; looking for his personal Messiah. That night the good-news message went from his head to his heart. Sato had found what he was looking for—Jesus.

And your testimony? You don’t have one? It can start today—“When you seek God with all your heart.”