Jesus tells us in the Scriptures that we have not chosen him, but he has chosen us (John 15:16)! He goes on to say that no one can actually come to him unless the Father draws him (John 6:44), implying that we are unable to come to Jesus on our own. In other words, our coming to know Jesus is really a supernatural event. We may respond, but our response itself is prompted by God (Ephesians 2:4-10) So, how is it that you have come to know Jesus? Have you ever really asked yourself this question?
Luke’s record of Jesus’ birth offers several examples of how people come to know their Savior. For example, the shepherds who were watching their flocks weren’t even seeking Jesus. They were minding their own business immersed in their daily affairs. All of a sudden a miraculous event intruded into their lives! They were drawn by God to Christ through a miraculous announcement. Paul had a similar experience. He was not interested in Jesus, except to seek to eradicate his message and destroy those who spread the Gospel. Although it can be argued that simply coming to know the supernatural is a miraculous event no matter what the circumstances, have you come to know Jesus through a miracle in your life, perhaps a healing of someone you love, or an inexplicable “accident” that saved you from something?
Of course, after the shepherds became convinced that the heavenly message was indeed from God, they began to spread it themselves, telling all who would listen that the Messiah had come, so people came to know Jesus through their word. Many today come to Jesus, because someone who knew Jesus told them about the Savior. Is this the way you have come to know him?
Luke also tells us of a man named Simeon of whom the text says that it was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he would see his Savior. Some of us come to know Jesus because we are aware of an inner voice intruding itself into our thoughts, helping us to recognize him as he unfolds before us from a book, a sermon we hear or through some other method. With each new discovery we rejoice within at the revelation of each piece of the puzzle, until the whole is revealed to our hearts and minds. Some of us simply must “know” the truth. We are drawn to answer all the deep questions of our lives, until we discover that Jesus is able to satisfy it all. Is this the manner in which you were drawn to Jesus?
Still, some of us may be like Anna, the prophetess, who served God most of her life, but didn’t really discover Jesus until she was very old, but, once she did, she told all who looked for the redemption of Israel that the Redeemer had finally come. Is your experience more like that of Anna? Have you served God in your church all your life perhaps even speaking of the coming of Christ (in the future), but never really considering his presence here with you—within you? Then one day you hear a certain word that makes it all come clear to you, and you begin to rejoice from within. Is this the manner in which you have come to know him?
We are all different, aren’t we? God is able to speak to us where we are, no matter what our circumstances. We could be about our daily chores without a care in the world about God or a religious life. We could be on the other end of the pendulum, so involved in religious life that we have never really recognized Jesus’ presence with us (within us). Your story could range from a seeker of all the answers (Simeon) to one who believes he already knows the answers (Paul), but God can break through our lives and draw us to Jesus. Have you ever considered how you have come to know him? It’s a miracle, you know, any way you describe it. It’s a miracle! What is your Jesus story? Think about it, and be thankful.
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5 responses to “How Did You Come to Know Jesus?”
I would be one who would have to say that I had absolutely nothing to do with coming to know Christ. It was ALL His work.
After suffering 22 years of abuse from three “fathers” and others, I was convinced (as I had been continually told) that I was totally evil and an ugly freak; that no one would ever want me; I didn’t deserv e to live, so I might as well do the world a favour and kill myself. I had no friends. I was a definite man hater, so although I wanted and loved children, marriage was out of the question.
I had applied to become a Roman Catholic nun and was about to join an order where I would be working in an orphanage, with children. It seems as though God said that I had gone far enough.
Through an amazing set of circumstances – and NOTHING to do with me – I heard the Good News that Christ had died for my sins. It was like a foreign language and had no meaning, but God gave me no peace and I heard nothing but those words for a week.
I have recorded the details in my life story on my blog. Here I just say – 52 years later – that my life changed completely 8th June 1958 – and it had nothing to do with me.
Greetings,
I have read some of your testimony on your blog, but thank you for sharing a little of it here as well. I am so glad you have found the love you craved as a young girl in Jesus and our heavenly Father. It is a wonderful blessing when he breaks into our lives.
Until we meet in the clouds, Lord bless,
Eddie
My Jesus story told in third person.
Scott was raised in Massachusetts in a Congregational church until he was nine years old. He received a Bible from his Sunday School class but his parents gave him the option to join the ski team or attend Sunday School.
Scott turned out to be a great ski racer as the captain and champion of his ski teams through high school and college.
Growing up he was always very shy and did not have a lot of self-confidence. By high school he began using alcohol and drugs to deal with insecurities and fears. When he got to college at U. Mass, Amherst he was out of control and didn’t even know it.
One morning he woke up hungover in the hospital after crashing his mom’s Ford Pinto into a telephone pole the night before. It was then an awareness of God began to grow.
He began reading that Bible for the first time… searching for meaning and purpose in his life. It had rested in the bookcase for ten years. Scott was captivated by Jesus, but still depended on alcohol and drugs to deal with life.
Two years later while watching Rex Humbard on TV he kept hearing “God loves you and has a plan for your life.” The testimonies he heard got to his heart and Scott prayed for God to forgive him and believed in his heart that God raised Jesus from the dead.
He met Christ and got born again in the spring of 1979.
His life now has meaning and purpose. Over time he was able to overcome his addictions as a new confidence grew within. Scott is able to think less of himself and more of others.
Scott is not near as shy as he used to be and can even talk in front of groups of people! Scott is forever grateful to God for his new life in Christ. He founded and pastored The Summit, a Foursquare Church in Driggs, Idaho for sixteen years and is currently on a six month Sabbatical.
That is a wonderful testimony, Pastor Scott. May the Lord continue to bless you and your labor in the Body of Christ for his honor and glory.
I was at university in the time studying theology. My mum gave me teachings of Chuck Missler science and the Bible, i was blown away by the information he said, especially when he read Isaiah 40:22 which says the earth is round. It was from there i had to admit that the Bible was inspired and from that premise i came to Christ.