Testify of His Faithfulness
*This excerpt is from June 2026, but needed a permanent place to live. I hope you enjoy!
“13...for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” Hebrews 5:13-14
The other day, I was flipping through the worn pages of my Bible, searching for a verse that came to mind, when suddenly a few chapters came undone from the spine: Romans 8-10.
I got this Bible four years ago. June 17, 2022. This was before I confessed Christ, was baptized, or even knew what it meant to be saved. On June 17, 2022, I was an atheist, but God was knocking on the door to my heart.
This was my first Bible. I found it on my desk at my internship one week into my new life in Washington, D.C. A handful of coworkers chipped in to provide me with something that would drastically change the course of my life. None of the pages had been flipped through, none of the verses annotated, none of the words read. Four years ago, the entire book was in a box, untouched. And today, Romans 8-10 is scotch-taped inside.
In early 2023, I had finished college and moved back to D.C. This Bible had been opened a few times, but it still had a stiffness to it. So did my faith. Much like the author of Hebrews suggests, I was an infant in my faith, completely dependent on the fundamentals and lacking spiritual maturity.
At this time, King’s Church had just begun going through the book of Romans. Not surprisingly, I had never read Romans before. A few months in, we finally made it to Romans 8. I remember hearing these words for the first time: “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will ever be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans became my lifeline as I navigated the early stages of my faith. The Lord used each chapter to teach me how to articulate my faith and testimony, share Christ’s resurrection power with the lost, and stay on the narrow path when my faith grew weak. It has encouraged me out of an immature faith, relying on spiritual milk, into a continually sanctified faith capable of solid food.
Today, I look at the worn pages and the tape poking out of its edges as a sign of the Lord’s faithfulness. It is a visual, physical representation of the inward sanctification Jesus has begun in my life. I see it as part of my testimony. The verses highlighted multiple times over. The edges covered in three years of notes and prayers. Memories tied to each step of my journey with Christ so far.
I encourage you to reflect on God’s faithfulness in your life. You might not be someone who writes all over the pages of your Bible like I do, but I am certain you have a physical representation of Christ sanctifying you in some way. Write it down, share it with someone, testify of His goodness. We are nothing without His redeeming work in our lives. May we never forget that.
