Walking and Sharing
*Derrik and I got together one day and decided to walk the trails behind the thermal area near where we live. As we traveled up the trail towards the dam, the conversation turned to spiritual things. Derrik is open to a point, but as so many muslims do, he struggles with the issue of accepting sin and Jesus. Since the trail to the top of the hill was 5 kilometers, we had plenty of time to talk and reflect on two issues.
I explained to Derrik that Jesus really did die on the cross for every person, including him and me. He did this because we are full of sin and we have no way to overcome that sin debt except through the man Jesus Christ. It is Jesus who took our sin debt upon himself. I explained that on the third day Jesus rose from the dead, His promise of forgiveness and eternal life was for all who call upon His name, confessing their sins and asking for forgiveness, turning away from the sinful nature towards Jesus.
Derrik said that he did not understand and asked, “do you mean if I say I believe in Jesus I can go on sinning with no penalty?” I said, “look ahead of us, you see this wide road were traveling. It represents the road of sin and destruction. When you confess Jesus as your Lord and Savior, the Spirit of God comes to you and your desire is to turn away”. As I demonstrated the turning away from our sinful nature and turning towards the light of Jesus, he said he could understand that.
We continued to walk and as we approached the top, we sat on the edge overlooking the dam. I asked Derrik if I could pray for him and his family, he said “yes, please do.” I prayed that the light of truth would penetrate straight to his heart, and with his ears he would hear and his eyes he would see. We both agreed it had been a beautiful day to take a walk. I reminded him that we may have arranged the day’s events but God had His own very unique and special purpose for all of this. We agreed to meet again and continued the walk. He agreed to come to our house with his wife soon.
