My
wife asked me to write down how the Lord has worked in my life. She believes
that the Lord can use such things to give hope to others about His ability to
change lives & make His grace real to them. I have to admit that it is
something I’ve often thought about doing, but somehow have never quite gotten around
to doing.
This
idea is not true about just me. In fact, God’s Word says something about this. Paul
alludes to this concept when he says,
“To
me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the
Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is the
administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created
all things; so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through
the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 3:8-10).
The
reality that God has chosen to use the church to reveal His wisdom to the
principalities & powers in the spiritual realm is hard to grasp & maybe
even harder to believe. As we proclaim of the Gospel in word & deed, we know
that God also works thru His people to make His salvation known to our fellow
human beings.
One
thing is for sure. If Jesus had not come into my life on that fateful day in
1972 & changed my whole direction, I don’t even want to think about where I
would be today.
One
other thing is certain. By His incredible grace, God is somehow using my life
& the lives of countless others to reveal who He is & what He can do.
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