My Testimony Has a Long Cast List

 

Then they asked him, “What did he do to you?
How did he open your eyes?”

John 9:26 (CSB)

This verse comes toward the end of a story about Jesus healing a man who had been born blind. The religious leaders were upset that Jesus had worked this miracle on the Sabbath and were grilling the formerly-blind beggar.

It has set me to thinking about what Jesus has done to me and how he opened my eyes.

• Gave me parents who never treated church as an optional thing.
• Gave me a mind that appreciates the logical points of apologetics, showing me that faith in Christ isn't just "because the Bible says so."
• Softened my heart to feel my need for a Savior.
• Made sure Josh McDowell's Evidence That Demands a Verdict got published.
• Put a young man named Wendell in my life who modeled excitement for the Word and the power of Jesus to transform lives.
• Moved Bob Stacey to create a ministry named "Christ in Youth."
• Led David Meece to write the song "We Are the Reason."
• Has placed me within church congregations and meaningful relationships that have increased my experience of his love and my internal database of wisdom.

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Truth is...while Jesus is the only way to have intimacy with God, there are many paths that lead to Jesus. What's yours?