Jesus teaches us clearly in John 14:9–14 that the works of God are a proper foundation for belief, and are the proper subject of a believer's testimony. Any of those who witnessed Jesus, or anyone who has read the Gospels, cannot help but recognize the Father working through Him. As believers today, we are largely failing to do what Jesus, Paul, Daniel, the Psalmist, and the crowds at Pentecost all did naturally, which is to openly declare what God has specifically wrought in our own lives. This silence is both a sin of omission and a primary reason for the spiritual deadness, lack of true worship, and children leaving the faith — because if the people around us cannot observe a genuine, ongoing work of God in our lives, we give them little reason to believe in God. We need to start forming habits of publicly giving thanks for God's specific dealings in our lives, and God will be glorified through His people.