"Safe and Secure!" - Too

 "That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises." (Hebrews 6:12 KJV)

  ""Dear friends, don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. But I'll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power kill you and then throw you into hell. Yes, he's the one to fear."" (Luke 12:4-5 NLT)

 Looking at this current world, there is still hope that there are people looking for God; having seen some of the clips from Charlie's debates, it is pretty obvious that he was not ashamed of the Gospel, and he was always ready to lift up the name of Jesus Christ, with sincere passion and authority. I pray that will be my reaction too, if I am given the chance to share my faith! 

 One of the first things I realized, almost immediately after I got saved, is that I no longer feared death or judgment from all of the sins in my life; there was a feeling of a heavy burden being lifted off from me, and I felt safe and secure, almost as if there was a powerful force that surrounded me. Not that I was ever all that scared of being in jail, because I really never felt anything else, but getting back home.  

 However, after I got saved, I still wanted to go home, but the time I was spending in jail all of the sudden became important. I was learning and sharing things that were far more important; almost as if that was where I belonged, because God was doing a work, and my life was filled with purpose. 

 Here we are, some 44 years later, and I still feel that my life has purpose! Yes, this was about the time I got saved, back in 1981. I really don't remember the date, but I remember the day and the time. It was on a Sunday, at around 11:00 am. Something that I remember, just like John remembered when he was first alone with Jesus! 

 They say that the Gospel of John was written between AD 90 - 100; which would make John about that age, around 84 to 90 years old. But even at that very old age, he still recalled the time of day when he first spent time with Jesus...

"The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, "Look! There is the Lamb of God!" When John's two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus. Jesus looked around and saw them following. "What do you want?" he asked them. They replied, "Rabbi" (which means "Teacher"), "where are you staying?" "Come and see," he said. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they remained with him the rest of the day."