NOTE: This is the third guest post by Louis Gerber, who tells us how God has always been working in his life.
2 Peter 1:16–21
“For we did not follow cleverly devised stories… but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.”
Are They Only Clever Stories?
That’s what some people think when they hear Scripture. But I can’t believe that—not after what I’ve seen. I myself have been an eyewitness to many events where God moved in my life and used me in ways I never expected.
Peter wrote his letter to remind believers that the gospel wasn’t a myth or a legend. He wasn’t passing along rumors. He was there on the mountain when Jesus was transfigured. He saw the glory. He heard the voice from heaven. His faith was anchored in what he had witnessed with his own eyes.
Peter says that this eyewitness truth confirms the reliability of Scripture—“a light shining in a dark place.”
And that same God who revealed Himself to Peter still reveals Himself today.
Witness in Allentown
One time I was showing my church furniture to a congregation in Allentown, PA. After the service, a young man came up and offered to help me carry my samples back to the van. As we walked, he asked question after question, and every answer I gave pointed back to what Jesus had done in my life.
About a month later, the pastor called to say the church wanted to buy from my firm. When I returned to sign the contract, he pulled me aside. He told me that the young man who helped me had been attending their church for more than two years. They gave an altar call every Sunday, but he had never once come forward.
But the Sunday after he and I talked, he stepped out and accepted Christ as his Savior and Lord.
The pastor said, “We planted the seed, you came along and watered, but God gave the increase.” And he was right. God had done the work. And I had been a witness.
A Witness on the Turnpike
Another time, I was hauling carpet up toward the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The load weighed about 2,600 pounds, and my trailer was only rated for 1,500. At the four‑mile marker I noticed the left trailer tire wobbling. Two lugs were missing. I tightened what I could and kept going, but by the eleven‑mile marker it was happening again—and now the tire was going flat.
I got off at Quakertown and found a gas station. They didn’t have the rare 6.30 x 10 tire I needed, but they sent me to a nearby store. After a lot of searching, they found a tube, patched me up, and I was back on the road.
A few miles later, the wobble returned. Two more lugs were gone. I walked back to a gas station—no lugs there either—but they sent me to an RV store a mile away. They had twelve lugs, and I bought them all. I put four on each wheel and finally made it safely to my destination.
I knew God had protected me. And I had been a witness.
Echoes of Peter’s Testimony
What strikes me about these stories is how they echo Peter’s words. Peter wasn’t sharing theories. He wasn’t repeating someone else’s tale. He was telling what he had seen—what he had heard—what he had lived.
In the same way, I’m giving eyewitness testimony of God’s presence:
• on the road,
• in a church hallway,
• in moments of danger,
• in moments of grace,
• in moments of eternal significance.
“I’m not offering secondhand faith. I’m giving eyewitness testimony of God’s presence in the everyday.”
Peter’s witness of the Transfiguration reminds us that faith is not built on myths or wishful thinking. It is built on the God who shows up—sometimes in glory on a mountaintop, sometimes in the quiet rescue of a trailer tire, sometimes in the salvation of a young man, sometimes in the small moments that change a life forever.
And just as Peter wrote so that future believers would know the truth, these stories remind us:
God is still acting.
God is still saving.
God is still near.
Where has God shown up in your life?
What moments has He given you that confirm His presence?
Who might need to hear your story?
How can you be a witness?
