Not all of us have been brought up in Christian homes but here we are... Christians in spite of our auspicious upbringings. In fact it doesn't really matter what type of family we were born into... If God wants us, he will call us and keep on calling until we finally buckle down and listen. Did you ever wonder how and why all those people in China are sneaking around trying to learn God's word. Was it just because someone said "Hey God loves you and He wants to know you"? No. Lots of people have had that shared and they don't go desperately seeking God... It is because God had put the desire in their hearts long before they ever heard the Word. The Word was an inspiration, a confirmation that the still small voice inside them was right. Did they need to have the message shared? Of course they did. But if the Word had not come to them, they still would have had the desire to know God.
I was raised in a household that did not believe that God was there or that He sent His Son as a sacrifice of love, and yet I had the desire. Not from anything that I did. I had no control. God called. I heard the still quiet voice inside me. One day someone shared the Word. And it set me free. I knocked on the door and God answered, welcoming me into His home and His family.
Remember me, remember my story, remember the people in China sneaking around trying to learn God's will for their lives. Share the Word with others every chance you get. You might think it doesn't matter, but it might release the small tiny voice inside the person with whom you are sharing. It's got to make you wonder...
Dear Lord, please help my friends and I to find opportunities and the courage to go out and share your love with others. Help us to be a light where there might be no other, and let us shine because You are bright within our hearts... And most of all please help us to hear the "still small voice" inside us and to recognize it as Yours....
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"Behold I stand at the door and knock..."
ReplyDeleteJesus, through the Holy Spirit, knocks at the door of every heart. We do have a choice whether to answer. In his justice, he calls all people to him, not all answer the call. He knows from the foundations of the earth who will answer...and those he forknew, he also predestined to become transformed into the image of Christ. Praise God!