Jesus Freak?

            This week I received photos of my high school class’ 30^th reunion. As I looked through the pictures, my main thoughts were of the relationship of Christ each one showed. I remember when one classmate accepted Christ. He was so full of the Spirit and joyful. When his radio quit working, he prayed for the Lord to fix it and it started working! It was a simple prayer of a new believer. The one who led him to Christ told him God did not do those types of things; there were many more important things for God to do. The new believer was very disappointed—like the air was instantly released from the helium balloon and I honestly feel it damaged his faith in God. In my heart, I was mad at the one who told him it wasn’t God, he was wrong. That same one had read Josh McDowell’s Evidence That Demands a Verdict and said he didn’t understand it. Judgmentally, I questioned his faith-how could he not understand it? It had to be written in outline form-there was just so much evidence and it was the best way to present it!

            Then there was the girl that had accepted Christ and within a few months, she had a younger brother that died of Leukemia, but not before she led him to Christ. A few years later, she stated that life was much better without God and she was sorry she had led her brother to Christ. There were many others there, ones that I knew had (or apparently had) a relationship with Christ. I wanted to talk to them to see what the Lord had done in their lives, where they were now. I realized my focus was now on Jesus and sharing Him, fellowshipping with others, glorifying Him in what He had done in my life.

            If I had gone to the reunion, would I have talked about Him? Would my desire be to share Him with those I had known? Would I turn them away from Him? Is there another classmate that has a walk with Christ (besides the missionary in Germany that led me to Christ and was also not there)? Lord, help me to pray for these, wherever their relationship with you is—for them to come to You if they do not know You, and to draw nearer to You if they do…I’m glad I’m a Jesus Freak. Please keep me walking with You and growing closer to You in all I do.