“Years ago, even though I grew up in a Christian home, I
still have this emptiness within me. I tried to fill this emptiness by joining
dance competitions and other things that pleased me – all the pleasures of this
world. I thought those were the answers but then God called me to join a group
of young people who wanted to share God’s love to those around them. I read the
book Steps to Christ, by my favorite
author and decided to become a missionary.
“Though I was a missionary and knew many things about God,
there was one thing I missed. I missed Jesus! I knew that Jesus is the Son of
God but knowing Jesus is different from trusting fully in Him. God brought me
to another place and used a Christian Doctor to introduce Jesus to me. I
learned how to trust God and surrender to Him. His sacrifice for me and His
power to help me overcome sin was so amazing!
“By accepting Christ as my personal Savior, my life is not
easy. I have trials as others are experiencing, too. But I thank God that we
have Jesus to tell our sorrows to and unload our heavy burdens on. I’m now a
missionary, a fulfilled missionary, with the love of Jesus and the assurance of
eternal life; not by what I’ve done, but what He has done to me and through me.
I’m now enjoying my time with Jesus by communing with Him and reading His Word!
God is so good!”
Yes, we can be so busy sometimes with our work (even if it’s
God’s work), that we can miss Jesus. Let’s purpose to always spend the time we
need each day to make Jesus our truly “best” friend!
