Thursday, 24 February 2011

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit,


Living testimony by My friend Ragu.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD --Psalm 40:2-3

“I hate Jesus “with reddish eyes, I replied to my friend SUMIN in my college days. For me, who came from a devout Hindu family and follow the traditional very strongly, his view of Christianity was not a very positive one.

       I had seen enough examples of Christians who were faithful to attend church but just as quick to act like anyone else when they weren’t in the church building that he felt Christians weren’t really different from anyone else. Yet, sumin talk about Christ and how worshiping idols wasn’t right, I commented over him. He replied “JESUS Loves You and He Needs You and He s Going to Keep You From SINS “

       These words are still at my heart. Really when I was in Chennai, these words kept me from worldly sins. From my experience I m penning down drunk, smoking and having affairs with opposite sex are not only sins, If anybody hurts even by your smile is also a sin. I have done it many times …….. Yes really many people are got hurt by my sharpen words.

            Few years later, I went to work. One day as I had a chance to know the exact purpose of JESUS [JESUS was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.]

    I was scared about my sins . These words of the BIBLE said that I needed to believe in Jesus in order to escape the flames of hell, so I prayed to God and asked Him to save me. I didn't know exactly what I was doing. I just knew that I needed some help from God to stay out of hell. It was like following the instructions on the back of the cake mix--I wanted to go to heaven so I followed the instructions. I didn't understand that being saved is about having a relationship with Jesus Christ--but that's all right, God met me where I was at and in time, He perfected my understanding. Slowly I grew in  hands of JESUS

      In later days, I thought that serving God would be such a bore. How wrong I was! My life is more exciting than ever. I fell down from the life with JESUS. I was willing and trying to do the wishes (sins) which are created by eyes and flesh. I wanted to enjoy their perversions--drugs, adultery, fornication, addiction, pornography, perverse language, evil imaginations, rebellion, lawlessness, pride, lewd television, music and movies.

I stared argue like “                   
                                      (1) God does not exist,
                                      (2) God does not want to
                                                   or
                                      (3) God can't give you his evidence. So there is no god………….   


    A day came for him. I was completely neglected by my sin from my family and friends and loved one.., I left alone……   I cried and cried. No one was there for me….  One night I felt depressed and tried to sleep with my salty eyes, there …. Some biblical words came to my ears, “ I m be with u , look at me  “ …. I replied to that voice … “I can’t …… I ‘m not an eligible to see you and come to you……  “ but, at that night I slept very well without my knowledge. Next day I felt somebody is carrying my burdens, because I felt myself very fresh... See really I was in depressed more than 20 days, but that morning I enjoyed a freshness inside my heart “ Yes friends , his hands touches me .. he carries my crosses , he was wounded  for saving me from hell….  Those words “ I m be with u , look at me  “ are  from my SAVIOUR to save me,

“I went to church after a long time.. There I didn’t listen anything… “I m be with u “ it is only thing I was getting in my ears….

                              He gave deliverance from my sins, He saved me….. 
Yes …
                                My Savior loves, My Savior lives
                                My Savior's always there for me
                             My God: He was, my God; He is
                              My God is always gonna be……

The Lord Jesus showed me a lot of things. First of all, He cares about me and everything about me. He desires to be my everything. He also showed me that He loves me and just wants to be my God. The Lord is holy and I, as His child, should be holy too. I learned that a life of holiness is wonderfully fulfilling. Now that the Lovely One, Jesus Christ, is my Lord and my Saviour, why would I return back to filth and vomit I once had? I ain't going back. God does not want anybody to go to hell, but He will not let you in heaven without repentance and faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.
When you make the wise decision of making Jesus Christ the Lord of your life (instead of yourself), He will save your soul and He will conform you to His own image, righteous and holy. As David said in Psalm 23, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." As a child of God, you are joint-heir to everything that the Creator of the universe has, yet you are to be the humblest and meekest of persons.
After I started to walk with the Lord Jesus, my life completely changed
If Jesus took a sinner like me and made me clean, He can do the same for anybody willing to renounce their sins and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Follow Him. Repent you , and believe the gospel. The following scripture has been placed on my heart of late:
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. Isaiah 43:19, 21
The wilderness and desert mentioned in this verse symbolize the landscape of my old, sinful life. God miraculously made a pathway and a river in the midst of my barrenness. Hallelujah! Will you let him do the same for you? Talk to the Lord Jesus and tell Him that you repent of your sins, ask Him to take away the guilt, tell the Lord that you believe in Him--that He died on the cross for your sins and rose from the dead the third day. Tell the Lord that you give Him your life and that you'll follow Him. Then thank Jesus for saving your soul.



By Ragu
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