It’s been said that Acts 1:8 is fulfilled in Acts 8:1, after Stephen was tried before the Jewish courts and sentenced to death by stoning. Acts 8:1 says, “And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.”

Every Christian has received power from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. That gifting re-created us as witnesses. We have become witnesses to the power of God in our lives and therefore can proclaim the power of God to others. Just consider the growth of the Christian church immediately after Pentecost. That is the power Jesus was speaking about.

The strength of our testimony is the voice of experience. We have been “born again” as the children of God and the disciples of Christ. We know this because we have received the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

We don’t talk enough about the work of the Holy Spirit. He is everything to our work and witness. He is the message and the messenger, in and through our lives.

The strength of our testimony isn’t in the telling of our lives as much as it is in the telling of Christ’s life empowering us, using us, and guiding us. The power of the Holy Spirit is our message. When we yield to his Spirit, we speak the words of Christ, we offer the love of Christ, and we walk in the ways of Christ.

Wisdom is joyfully sharing God with others. If we are wise, we will realize we are called to assume the role or practice of a witness. We are called to become God’s witness. When we joyfully share God with others, it is his wisdom people will see. 

If you are a Christian, the Holy Spirit is the strength of your testimony. Say a prayer so that you can step back from your own thoughts and ideas in order to share his instead.