Which We Have Looked at and Our Hands Have Touched

MY hands have not touched Jesus' body.
I have not looked at His human face
or heard the sound waves of His voice.

But I hold in my hands the words written
by those who did.
The powerful testimony of those who
heard,
saw,
touched;
who witnessed Jesus Christ firsthand
and were compelled
by His presence
to believe.

I cannot adequately explain the mystery
of Christ IN ME -
without having physically
touched or heard or seen,
I, too, HAVE touched
and heard
and seen.
The internal testimony of the Holy Spirit
and the external testimony of God's Word
confirms it.

May the testimony of Christ's life in me
be as tangible and powerful
as that put forth in John's words:

"The life appeared;
we have seen it and testify to it,
and we proclaim to you the eternal life,
which was with the Father
and has appeared to us.
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard,
so that you also may have fellowship with us.
And our fellowship is with the Father
and with his Son, Jesus Christ." (I John 1:2-3)

There is not one thing I want more in all the world
than for every person to experience
this glorious assurance of fellowship
with their Creator-Savior God.

That they may
hear
and see
and touch
THE TRUTH.