So I’m starting a new series! Tailored Testimonies! In each country the people seem to struggle with a different aspect of following Christ.
In Cambodia it is seeing the exclusive relationship God wants. They are so rooted in Buddhism that there are daily habits they don’t see as religion but simply life. They categorize Christianity as a religion. But I think it’s more!
I grew up in church. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know Jesus as my Lord and Savior. But growing up I thought it was all about doing.
Read and study the Bible
Serve in the church
Be a good girl and follow the rules
When I turned 18 everything changed. I met someone who taught me that Jesus still speaks: intentionally, specifically and in so many ways.
He wants to speak to everyone individually and have a relationship with them.
My walk became more than religion. It became a relationship.
Jesus and I started going on dates. I would go to a park and think about questions. He would bring people who would tell me the answer or He would give me the answer directly. Sometimes the answer was instant and other times it was a day or a week later. But He always answered.
My Jesus is gentle and He speaks in so many ways. Through feeling, through knowing, through nature, through His word, through visions, through smells, through colors. He uses anything and everything because He is in everything.
He wants to speak to you more than you want to hear Him. And I learned His love isn’t based on our performance. He doesn’t love us more when we behave. He doesn’t love us less when we choose other things over Him.
His love is constant and pursuing. He is never far away from us. He is just waiting for us to open our eyes and see him.
If you want to learn more about how God speaks: read Acts, or reach out to me and I can direct you to some great resources (like Invitation to a Supernatural Life by Michelle Perry) or share my own personal testimonies.
