By Cj Clayton
The sad truth is that I used to be a heavy drinker. I used to cuss a lot. I used to have a bad temper. I used to hate my enemies. I thought that all there was to life was go to work, come home and enjoy my days off in an alcoholic bliss. I was truly the party animal!
Then one day I asked God to help me. He led me to His Church so that I could learn of Him, and finally become truthfully saved.
I waited patently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 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.(Psalms 40: 1-3)
I had tried many of the wrong churches and learned many false doctrines before I came to the truth of Christ. It has been a long hard road that Satan has put me on, but now I am so grateful to be off of that road. Christ's truth has set me free! It is no wonder that I could not quit drinking when I was going to all the wrong Churches. I thought I was saved, even though I was living a sinful life, because I had been taught that you could not lose your salvation.
…And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)Many, O Lord thy God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. (Psalms 40:5)
When I think back to how lost I used to be, I can relate to how lost others are. That really helps me to want to reach the lost. Many don't see that they are lost, which is exactly where I used to be, before I learned the truth.
The truth has made me free! I am grateful for that, which is why I try to do all I can to spread the Gospel of Christ.
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy Salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psalms 40: 10)Many who knew me way back then are amazed at how different I am now. They don't fully understand yet why I am so different now, even though I have tried to show them. I pray that one day they will also see the truth, and that the truth will also set them free.
When you become saved, you really do become re-born. You become a different person. Now as I look back to those bleary eyed days of hangovers, I don't even recognize the old me. I don't even know who that person was.
May we all spread the truth to the lost, so that they too can become re-born as new creatures in Christ.
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Ladies Daily Devotional
02/18/05
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