In John 1, when John the Baptist is being asked by the Jewish leaders, “Who are you?” he declares: “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness…” (Isaiah 40:3).

John the Baptist knew exactly who he was:

He knew that he was the fulfillment of prophecy, but he knew that Jesus was to ultimate fulfillment of God’s greater plan.

He knew that even though his cousin was younger than him, that in truth, Jesus was eternal.

He knew that even though God had spoken to him to teach and to baptize, he wasn’t worthy to untie the sandals of the messiah who was the living God.

He knew that even though he was the baptizer, there was one with greater power and authority who should baptize him.

At the end of the day, who are you? Who am I? Like John the Baptist:

“I am a voice.”

“I am a testifier.”

“I am one who brings testimony about God’s chosen one.”

For every one of us who calls Jesus Lord, we bring testimony to the world about Jesus—good or bad, whether we mean to or not. Our lives, our words, say what we believe about Jesus. It is so easy to take this for granted.

If we can maintain the humility of John the Baptist, we never have to imagine that we have any other calling more important than to testify about Jesus Christ.

Social media has convinced us all that we need to be entertainers and have followings in the thousands and millions. To be influencers. World changers.

Do you want to be a world changer? Start by changing the world for one person. To help them believe and have eternal life (John 20:31).

Never mind how everyone else says to be…just be a voice. That IS your ministry. A testifier. A testimony giver.

You can go overseas, or into the jungle, or across borders to do it. But if you don’t do it in your own loving room…what makes you think it will happen anywhere else?

So be a voice. Testify at home. And if everyone already believes there, so what? Testify some more, and be filled with his presence!

Give testimony in your neighborhood. Be a voice at work. Not an arguer or a debater…just a testifier. “Be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15).

Be a voice of one crying out in the wilderness. The wilderness—that’s this world. We are not in our own country. We are out in the world, sojourners, people of another land, another king. We are ambassadors of his kingdom. Your life is the embassy. Our goal is to invite anyone who would come into new citizenship. We have an open immigration policy.

We are the Jesus that people will not otherwise see. So we tell with our words and we show with our actions — we love one another, by which “everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” (John 13:35).