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Our Testimonies
To Know Him
I was born to Jewish parents. When I was twelve, my mother believed in the Lord Jesus. She preached to me, but I was very stubborn. Eventually, I realized that by rejecting Jesus I was an enemy of God and rejecting God. This scared me. How could I be the enemy of the God to whom I had talked and prayed, who was so close to me, and who was my confidant? In tears, I begged God and told Him I would believe in the Lord Jesus if He would give me another chance (at the time, I didn't realize that Jesus was God).
I somewhat pursued the Lord in junior high and high school. In college, I did not pursue as much. In fact, I was getting farther away from God, although I still talked to Him. In my senior year of college, I got in a car accident and had to skip a semester to recuperate. At this time, the Lord convicted me about my pursuits and goals, and I repented on my hands and knees saying, "Lord, from now on I only want You an only want to read my Bible." At this time, I was very independent in my pursuit of the Lord and did not want fellowship with other believers. But soon I realized that I could not make it on my own and needed Christian fellowship. I prayed and asked the Lord where those who loved Him and His Word and those who pursued Him daily were. At this juncture, I contacted Christians on the campus. In my first meeting, I knew deep within that I had found what I was praying for. Through my contact with them, my relationship with the Lord became sweeter and the Lord became more real to me. I was helped to know the Lord in an inward way and shown that the Lord really lives inside of me in my spirit and anytime I want I can contact Him and enjoy Him as the life-giving Spirit. I also stopped being an independent, individual believer and began to have fellowship with many other believers. This became a source of supply and encouragement to go on with the Lord. I gained a lot from contacting them, and I am glad that the Lord brought me to me this student group.
L. E., Austin, Texas
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