I have often thought, how can I reach people for Jesus Christ? How can I show people who He really is? How can I make them understand the truth and love found only in Him? I have come up with many techniques, and thought of many ways to reach out to people for Christ, but it all comes down to this: I must be an example of Christ.
I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home. My parents lived out their faith in Jesus everyday; they were not Sunday Christians, or even Sunday, Wednesday Christians. They were seven days a week 24 hours a day Christians. Sure they stumbled, made bad choices, dealt with sin and temptation; but it was always clear: they followed Christ.
There is no greater witness to the world of Christ, then His work in our lives. He still moves, He still heals, and He still changes the stony hearts of men! How do we know? He has done it in us; He has given us a new life, a new breath, a new purpose, a new hope. It is our privilege to live for Him, to emanate that we have been born again, forever changed by Jesus Christ and to share with the world that they too can be changed.
How do I know that Jesus is real? Well I can take you through in depth discussion; I can show you why I trust the Bible to be true and why I believe Jesus is God based on scripture and history. We can sit down and talk for hours of proofs and calculated faith. We can dive into manuscripts, eyewitness testimony, psychological interpretation of the actions of the apostles pre and post Christ’s resurrection, etc. All these things are good, even important; but I can tell you I know Jesus is real because He lives in me. He has changed me. I am reminded of the chorus of an old hymn:
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and He talks with me
He walks with me and He talks with me
Along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives:
He lives within my heart.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives:
He lives within my heart.
“He Lives” 1933 by Alfred Henry Ackley (1887-1960)
