” He makes me as sure footed as a deer, enabling me to stand on the mountain heights.” Psalm 18:33
” You made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.” Psalm 18:36
It is important that we experience the Lord before we can believe in him. We must have contact with him and observe his ways. We must talk with him understanding our conversations. To experience Jesus should be a life changing experience. It should be an intimate and personal encounter with our Lord and Savior. It is knowledge that goes way beyond just information or head knowledge. It involves the heart. To experience Christ Jesus, we must know him through the power of his resurrection. We must consistently interact with him and be transformed into his ways. When this happens our heart changes. In the book of Acts, Paul’s lifestyle, before and after his change of heart, shows us a stark difference. His change was dramatic, going from persecuting and putting to death, those who confessed Jesus, to leading them to Christ. Our change of heart should also show changes in our lives. Before we meet Christ, we live lives that reflect the ways of the world. After meeting Christ our lives change with thoughts and actions that reflect the love and peace our Lord gives us. We no longer desire to do the things that society demands of us. Our spirits condemn us when we do things that are in direct conflict with what Jesus would do. We begin to show others our desire for our Lord as we begin to turn away from our sins. Romans 10: 9-10 says: ” if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” After we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, we must continue to communicate with him in prayer, read the bible and listen to our hearts as the Holy Spirit directs our ways. If we don’t, the world will try to steal away our godly actions and put us back on the wrong path. As we continue to live our changes in Jesus, we begin to strengthen our faith in ways that help us to become stronger and stronger in our Lord. Our thoughts and actions must grow daily with the experiences we have with our Lord in prayer and meditation in his word! PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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