No holding back

Before I received the gift of eternal life, I was insecure.

I had been reading my Bible for about a year, and I believed it was God's word, and that he was right and I was wrong. I knew that if I died, I would go to hell and not heaven. I tried to believe in Jesus and to act like a christian, but I just couldn't get it to work.

One night I was driving to meet some friends, a couple whom I knew were not living right. I felt compelled to warn them against dying without Jesus, even though I wasn't yet right with God. As I was driving, God convicted me of being a phony! How could I warn them, when I hadn't given my whole self to Jesus? I was holding back, and I needed to place my whole trust in him. There on the road, I received the gift of eternal life.

Instantly I knew the change had happened. I had eternal life, and heaven is my forever home. My insecurity just melted away.

I went to share this with my friends, and found that they had also received the gift of eternal life and were planning to warn me about dying without Jesus. We stayed up late that night reading our Bibles, praying and sharing our lives. God is good!

Now when I read my Bible, I feel secure because I know that God protects his children. He gave me eternal life, then he gave me a wonderful wife, four children and a grandchild. I see him working in our lives all the time, and I know that he'll bring me safely home to live with him.