Not only Jesus himself, but also John the Baptist lived holy lives from infancy.
When Zechariah the priest was serving in the temple, he was visited by an angel who announced the birth of John the Baptist.
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. Luke 1:15–16 NKJV
If you have lived close to God from an early age, you can praise and thank God for that, but that is not my story.
But God planned my life. He has also woven the aberrations and missteps of my childhood and youth into his plan for my Christian life. That is what God does. That is his way of doing things.
Milly Bennitt's parents were deeply devoted Christians, but she was a rebellious party girl.
When she was about twenty years old, her father was dying. She came home to say goodbye. Then God miraculously answered her parents' prayers.
As her father was passing over to the next life, he raised his arms and his face shone with the glory of God. Milly was deeply touched and became a believer.
She fell in love with Jesus, but Milly still had no time for rigid religious conformism.
She often sat in the garden smoking a cigarette and having loving conversations with Jesus. One day Jesus said to her, "You don't need those cigarettes any more," and she was able to give up smoking without great difficulty.
She loved Jesus with all her heart, but she was not a conventional young Christian woman. She drove her sports car with a passion, but she was much more excited for heavenly visitations and miracles.
God had a plan for this party girl. He sent her as a missionary to a tourist island in Thailand, where there was no church and no mission.
She didn't start a church. She was simply friendly. As a former party girl, it was not difficult for her to make friends with all kinds of people, whether Muslims, Buddhists or secular tourists.
Her mission was so successful that Muslims became Christians. Then she was savagely persecuted by fundamentalist Muslims, who wanted to kill her. One day, she was caught in an ambush. She stared death in the face, but she became invisible on the spot.
Is that biblical? Yes, it is.
When Jesus preached in his hometown, he was cruelly rejected.
When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious.
Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,
but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way. Luke 4:28–30 NLT
Was Jesus invisible? We don’t know, but with God all things are possible.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
God can transform your Past.
Labels:
grace,
Milly Bennitt,
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Mission,
Redeeming your past,
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