Back in the early seventies, my college roommmate and his wife came down to B'ham, AL to visit me and my young wife and little son. He and I had made quite a path through our college town, yet he showed up a different man!
He shared the story of his being born again ... and I saw this new man before me in tremendous contrast to the man I had raised so much cain with. I was convicted in my heart that I needed whatever it was that had changed my friend. My friend spent the evening resaying the same thing, that God has made promises to do certain things if we call upon His name and profess our trust in Jesus Christ. I was convinced God would not lie and my friend showed to me the promises in scripture ... John 3:16 and following.
That same night, in the pleasant darkness of the bedroom with my wife asleep beside me, I whispered to Jesus that I wanted be be saved from the destiny I had established by my living. He saved me then and there, in the quietude of that bedroom.
Now, there was one scripture which magnified in my mind which my friend had shared with me, that I should present myself for baptism as a means to be in His resurrection and as a witness before others that I had turned from my way to His way. So, I traveled up to Tennessee where the preacher who brought my friend to Christ was preaching and when the invitation was given, I fairly ran forward. When I was standing in the Baptismal font about to be dunked, Preacher Bill paused and said, "I think you have something to say now. Do you want to speak?" I stated loud and clear that if we will not recognized Christ before men we cannot expect Him to recognize us in Heaven, that I was here in the water to represent my trust in Him before men.
I was shoved under the water and raised to newness of life that has taken the Lord decades to manifest in me as His witness to others that His promises are kept even in a man like me for all to see. I stand upon His promises for He has shown His fidelity even when I failed to call upon Him.
He has performed miracles in my life which I would never have thought possible as the man I was before being born again. But the miracles are not the crucial reality, the promise that God is and is a rewarder of them who diligently seek Him, that is the essence ... He is not a liar, so He will keep His promises to you or to me. He is able ...
Hallelujah!
Thank you MHGinTN, that was moving and I thank you for sharing it and it is true the Lord does keep his promise when we change our ways to follow him!