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Well let me just say that I just uploaded this application to my Facebook account & I think it's wonderful how so many people around the world share the same faith.
"Without having seen Him you love Him..." In just the beginning the truth come flowing out! I love Christ! He pulled me out of a bad situation. Although, He knew everything that was going on. He knew my heart & He knew where I would go. He knew what I do & get into. And praise Him, He knew that I would come home. So many of us have our own "prodigal son" story. I moved out to Oklahoma, got into things I shouldn't have, turned away from God totally & really lived a hard time. Now I'm not trying to say I lived the worst, I'm positive there are plenty out there who could upstage me in their own walks. I'm just thankful God never left me even though I turned my back on Him.
"... though you do not now see Him you believe in Him..." No, I've never actually seen Jesus, but I've had plenty of experiences since becoming truly saved & rededicating my life to Him to know He's real. This is probably going to sound crazy to you, but the night I asked Jesus into my heart I was reading one of the Left Behind books. I put the book down & began crying. I cried out to the Lord & asked Him to come into my heart & live there forever. I told Him I didn't want to be afraid of dying anymore, that I wanted to be sure to see Him in heaven. And as I prayed, sitting indian-style on my bed, my body felt like it was tilting back & forth not front to back but from side to side. I know, crazy huh? But it's the truth. I know Christ came into my heart that night & I've felt happier ever since. I believe & know He's real.
"... and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy." Well I just can't shut up about what's happened to me. Before I moved out to Oklahoma I came to church & told people "Yeah, I'm saved." but I never told anyone my story. Sadly, it's because I didn't have a story to tell. Now I've been telling people whenever I can. People will see me reaing the Bible or Christian books & that's a door opener for me. I love to sing & I go about my day either singing old school hymns or new style choruses. I love my God & I want to praise Him the way He should be praised!
"As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls." Now I may be reading into this the wrong way, but doesn't this verse talk about how others see us? I hope & pray that people see Christ living in me. I would hope that I don't do anything that would make Christ ashamed of me. I'm not saying I'm perfect, I'm definitely not, but I hope I portray to others what a Christian should be doing. Showing others love & telling them about God's goodness. People who know me, wouldn't agree with this, but when I first meet people, I'm kinda shy. The next couple minutes I'm talking their head off, but for the beginning I'm really quiet. God tells us that we're supposed to spread His word & I hope through my testimony that I'm doing that. My friend & I started a website for those who are both believers & non-believers. There are so many people who get on the internet & they look at so many awful things (whether they want to or not). So many people in today's world are searching desperately for something! Something that will make them feel better about themselves or something that will make them "feel good". I was that person at one time, but I've found something now that makes everything else seem like nothing.
My friend & I prayed a lot about this site I'm telling you about. We offered this site up to God to let Him totally take over & do a good work. I know I want to be obedient to Him & share His word & that's what this site does. We offer Daily Devotionals (like this Daily Bible Verse App), suggestions for music, movies, books. If you'd like to check it out, here's the site address:
http://www.freewebs.com/everwondered I pray that I help in winning someone to Christ either through this site or in person.
-A.G.
1:8 Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. 1:9 As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls. |
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