Be Still And Know

Colossians 1:6 'This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.' Following Christ always involves radical change. James and John had to leave their boats and their fishing nets to follow Jesus. Zacchaeus, the tax collector, had to make things right with all the people that he had defrauded. And Saul, the devout Jew who was determined to stamp out the Church, changed his name and his whole direction of life by becoming Jesus’ most passionate ambassador. Christ meets us as individuals. And so the changes that take place in our lives will be unique to us. As a teenager, I heard many amazing testimonies from people who had been dramatically changed by Christ. I heard about people who had been on hard drugs for years and who had found new life and liberty in their faith. I listened to people who had pursued a life of crime and w