This is what he told me:
“When I was 21 years old, my cousin got saved and I was her first target. She was determined to convert me. She talked to me about God all the time. I loved debating with her and I was very good at it. I started finding pleasure in being able to stump her in our religious talks.
Eventually she got discouraged and she called out to God and said,
I don’t know what to do?
She heard God clearly say, STOP TALKING TO HIM ABOUT ME AND START TALKING TO ME ABOUT HIM.
So she completely stopped trying to win me over with her words and trying to convince me to believe in God. She began a 40 day fast to seek Him on my behalf.
Meanwhile, I was still doing research and finding joy in becoming knowledgeable about my religion. But one day while I was doing this, something just came over me. Suddenly none of the stuff I had been researching made sense and it definitely didn’t feel real. Although I could win an argument with my cousin, I started reflecting on all our conversations and realizing that the God she served seemed so much more real and relational. It all happened very fast. I found myself on my knees asking God to come into my life.
I called my cousin to tell her and found out that she was on day 20 of a 40 day fast for me. God definitely heard her prayers and definitely changed my life forever.”
It is so easy to think that we must have the right thing to say or know exactly how to act to show people that our God is who He is.
But the truth is, OUR GOD IS WHO HE IS NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
He just wants us to talk to Him.
