Have You Received Christ?
And just like that, the school year was over. I caught beautiful rainbow and brown trout on Spring. Creek, had become not just good, but to my utter surprise an excellent 'wing shooter' (before Montana I could only hit the side of a barn if I was shooting from inside the barn), and had fallen in love with the people and mountains of Montana. A local rancher, John Hertel, hired me for the summer, and year one rolled right into year two... and the years have been rolling by ever since.
Time is life's most precious commodity, Christ is life's most precious gift, and, to love God and others is life's most precious privilege. As good as my life was, I was missing two out of three. Though I had BELIEVED the stories I learned about Jesus since early childhood, I had never RECEIVED Christ as my Lord and Savior. In fact, I had never once in my life even HEARD that a person needed to receive salvation through Christ. Think about it- the devil himself BELIEVES that Jesus is the Son of God- he KNOWS it. Is it any wonder that from a moral standpoint my life was a train wreck?
I had never read the Bible. No one had ever spoken to me about following Christ, though I would have been deeply offended if someone had said I wasn't a Christian. How about you? You SAY that you believe, but have you RECEIVED Christ? Does he live IN you? Come- just as you are- and ask him to forgive you and save you. He will!! Be blessed! -Pastor Brad
Written on July 18, 2025
Posted in Daily Devotions