Let him change you

LET HIM CHANGE YOU

 

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out . . . (Acts 3:19 NIV).

 

A hopeless alcoholic attended a Billy Graham crusade in England. He was under the care of a psychiatrist but was getting no better. As he listened to the sermon, he wondered if there might be hope for his situation. He went forward , Christ saved him and a new power came into his life. He poured all his liquor down the drain.

 

In the morning, from force of habit, he reached for the bottle, but it was not there. Yet, there was no feeling of disappointment. He phoned his psychiatrist and said, "You have lost a patient. Christ has saved me and delivered me from drink."

 

The psychiatrist, deciding he too needed help, went to the crusade and was saved. Later, the psychiatrist and the former alcoholic testified together of the saving power of Christ.

 

Not every conversion is so dramatic. I was converted in my teens. I had never experimented with drugs or tasted alcohol. I lived at home and obeyed my parents, at least reasonably well. I was probably regarded as a good boy. When I was saved, my outward lifestyle changed very little - but it was no less real in terms of the change in my heart. I have been changing from that day on.

 

Life response: "Thank You, Lord, that you changed me and that You are still changing me."