Jesus Loves You!

Scriptures: But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

He’s a graduate student in the Electrical Engineering PhD program of a very prestigious university. He’s also a very talented young man, a wonderful vocalist, a skillful pianist and an inspirational conductor. Out of his love for music, he joined choirs and organized singing groups when he was still in high schools.

He has a loving family that supports and stands by him always. More than a loving family, he has a heart for less fortunate people. So, while he was still in college, he volunteered to care for children of aboriginals, teaching them on various academic subjects and attending to their physical well-being.

Being such a wonderful person, and with so much talents, you would think he has everything going on for him. He is definitely someone to envy. But, something seems to be missing in his life and he was not able to put his finger on what that might be.

One day, he came across a group of young people who invited him to go to their fellowship meeting. Being exposed to Christian activities before, he accepted the invitation and went to the meeting. But this group of young people did not stop at seeing him in the meeting. They continued to call him up and care for him. They invited him to their bible studies. He found them diligent in the study of this book called bible. He could not understand many of the things they were saying. But their persistence in caring for him brought him time and again back to their fellowship meetings.

Then he was invited to a retreat where the speaker talked about the love of God and the power of the gospel. He heard many testimonies there and he found the main theme of these sharing was love and that seemed to be consistent with what he was experiencing from that group of young people. He began to think, “Maybe this Jesus and His love and salvation are true.”

Then, came one day, having been active in the church for a while, a few people from the church approached him and asked if he would like to be baptized. He expressed his acceptance of the faith but he also indicated that he still had many questions unanswered. They listened patiently as he asked those questions.

There came a point where he expressed his frustration in not being able to understand what the bible says. One of them gently replied, “That’s OK! Jesus loves you and will give you the time and wisdom to understand. You don’t have to have all the answers in order to be baptized.” Upon hearing the words, “Jesus loves you”, his tears all of sudden welled up and he started to sob. After he calmed down, he said, “I don’t know why. But I felt something deep down was touched.” Later on, in his testimony to the church’s leadership team, he said, “I think I became emotional because I realized that the anxiety I felt deep down all my life, despite all the good deeds I had, was gone. I realized that Jesus loves me and that brought peace into my heart.”

Yes, as good as he was, he knew there’s something missing in him. That something is actually the peace with God that he needs most. Thanks be unto God for, in His love, He touched and transformed the life of this young man, my friend. He’s no longer my friend. He’s my brother in Christ. Praise the Lord!

Prayer Requests:
For all those longing for true and lasting peace in life

Prayer:
Our heavenly Father, thank You for reaching out to us in Your love. Thank You for manifesting Your love in such tangible ways through all the people You have brought to us. Help us to respond to Your callings with obedience and thankfulness as we meditate on the meanings of the passion of Christ and His resurrection. In the precious name of our Lord Jesus we pray, Amen!