I haven't written on my blog for a significantly long time. I tell myself I don't have the time to type in my blog, but I really do. It doesn't matter though, because I'm back. I don't know how to begin my entry back into the blogging community so I'm just going to tell an awesome story. Did you ever have someone do something so amazing for you that you just had to share it with others? Well God did something really awesome for me a couple of months ago that I just have to share! I feel guilty for not sharing it earlier but there is no point in getting wrapped up in guilt. I will just talk about it now. Here's my story:
One of my classes here at Liberty is called Contemporary Issues. The class is basically just learning about different worldviews and in particular, a biblical worldview. During one of my assignments for class, I discovered that I wasn't absolutely sure my faith in Christ was my own. I started asking myself questions like: Is this my faith or my church's faith? Do I really believe that Christ is God, is the Son of God, and died on the cross for my sins? I wanted to believe these things but I had never discovered them for myself. I always relied on what other people told me. I was a little discouraged thinking about all of this and I really wanted to be sure I believed in all of these things.
Before I could even start searching for answers, God gave me an answer. God proved to me that He is God and that Jesus is His Son. As soon as I finished my assignment for Contemporary Issues, I continued working on an assignment for my New Testament class. My assignment was to read the book of Matthew. I had already read the first 10 chapters so i picked up my bible and started reading Chapter 11. After reading the first six verses of chapter 11, I knew that Jesus was God and that God is my God. I'm going to type out the first six verses so you can see them.
"When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teafch and preach in their cities. Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one who is not offended of me."
You see, like John, I wanted to know whehter Christ was the Son of God, the one who is to come. Then as Jesus replied in this passage, I almost felt like He was speaking directly to me. He said to me, look at all of the miracles I have done. I have made the blind receive sight and the lame can walk. I am the Son of God. Are you going to believe it?
Well I decided to believe Jesus and make this faith my own. If he can make the blind have their sight and the lepers be cleansed, He has to be the Son of God. He has to be God himself. This also means that he sadly had to take my position on the cross, but I thank him for that. Without him, my life would be nothing but a pathway to death. With him, I can choose to follow a pathway towards life. Christ has provided my a way to eternal life with the Father, my creator, in heaven.
I thank God for having me read this passage at the time I did. I always believed that Christ was my savior and I didn't honestly doubt it, but I needed to make sure it was my own faith. God pointed me directly to Matthew 11 and I now know that my faith in Christ is my own. God works in great but small ways and I am grateful for who He is (even if I will never in my entire life fully understand him).
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