Have you ever listened to someone tell how he or she came to receive Jesus as Savior, and it totally blew you away? You sat slack-jawed as you took in every incredible detail. The depth of depravity from which God lifted this person was amazing!
It’s likely we’ve all experienced the goosebumps and waves of faith-building joy that powerful testimonies for Jesus can elicit. But, if you’re a person who came to believe in Jesus as a child, these accounts can also make you think your conversion story is boring and not worth sharing.
Not true.
Whether you’ve come to Christ early or late, it’s an amazing tale to tell. God performed a miraculous work in your life. Jesus said that before salvation your heart was full of “wickedness . . . from within” (Mark 7:21-23). You were literally “defiled” on the inside (v.23).Your sin nature was present at birth, not something that settled on you during life’s journey (vv.15,18-20). As the apostle Paul wrote, you entered earth “dead” in your sins (Ephesians 2:5). And all of us were under sin’s power (Romans 3:9). In Psalm 53, the writer states: “All have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one!” (v.3).
There was nothing inside of us that could save us. But God reached out in mercy, and “though we were dead because of our sins, He gave us life when He raised Christ from the dead” (Ephesians 2:5).
So if you think your salvation experience lacks power in presentation, you’re dead wrong. For if your story were a headline, it would read:
DEAD PERSON COMES TO LIFE!
Now that’s an amazing story that everyone needs to hear.
More:
The Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:22).
Next:
How do you view the power of your salvation story? How does the fact that you were once dead in sin affect what you now share with others?
daisyvoicu on January 8, 2010 at 5:52 am
An uplifting article, full of power, and true,,thank you a lot, i feel encouraged, and i am more than happy once again to share with everyone,,yes, the experience of my conversion is not so spectacular, but, IT IS the biggest event of my life, that completly changed me, i am more than gratefull..
THANK U JESUS
myron on January 8, 2010 at 7:37 am
yes he has risen and is very alive
Bryan B on January 8, 2010 at 8:03 am
Wow, what a great devotional. Thanks!
christlaikh on January 8, 2010 at 9:13 am
Lord Jesus come into my life and give me a new perspective for my life. it is not one go, alright…
it take time for God to train us and teach us.
i thank God because he love me as a sinner and give me strange and hope, way and light for me to know that, any things or situation, he is the king, just pray to him and door will be open according to his will. Amen.
Gary4orphans on January 8, 2010 at 9:49 am
I love how God approaches each of us “where we are.” Some of us need a great drama or a great trauma to see our need for Him. Others need the right information at the right time. I was 39 when I finally “got it” and it was, in my case, primarily because someone I respected was able to finally EXPLAIN it to me in a way that made sense. Faith in God is quite logical I discovered. So keep sowing those seeds; who knows if God won’t use you for “such a time as this” in someone’s life. It doesn’t even have to be profound; it can just be YOUR personal testimony as Tom’s devotion says; maybe THAT’S the missing piece that helps someone you know finally see the complete picture.
shayskin on January 8, 2010 at 10:42 am
The message of today is great
Give GOD the glory
Thank be to God who save my life
Paulajo on January 8, 2010 at 11:56 am
What a powerful devotional–thank you! I remember the time when God had to show me just what a terrible sinner I was and just how much I needed a Savior. I became a Christian as a small child and the problem that I had from not having such a dramatic testimony, was I saw myself as a good person! Just like Psalm 53 says, “There is no one who does good, no not one!” Without our flesh yielding to the Holy Spirit daily, our flesh will always win and show us how ugly and sinful we really are! The more we start to push God away from our lives and give Him less and less of our time, our sinfulness is going to scream out at everyone around us. God is a Holy God and HATES sin because it separates us from Him. When I realized that I wasn’t a good person even though I hadn’t done drugs, or committed sexual immorality, etc., I was in such need for a Savior to save me from a life of eternal hell. Thank you God for being rich in mercy because of your great love for us, that even when we were dead in our sins, you made us alive together with Christ–it is by grace that we have been saved! (Ephesians 2: 4-5)