You're standing in the pews, with your head bowed, eyes close, listening to the pastor make an alter call. You feel something internal and not exactly sure what it is but something in your soul telling you to make your way to the alter. You wrestle back and forth with yourself because of shame and guilt. You don't want to publicly display the fact that you are a sinner and have not giving your life to Christ. What will they think of me? Is this something I'm ready for? These are some of the questions that cross your mind. They will see what I've tried so hard to cover up. Then you begin pleading with God; Father can't I just confess and repent right where I stand to avoid the agony of people's judgement burning through my clothes? But yet something in you is pulling at you, telling you, you should go up there. So you take a leap of faith and go up to the alter nervous and shaking. All eyes are on you while you take every apprehensive step forward. Others begin to join you at the alter and a little of the pressure is relieved when you realize you're not alone. You leave church feeling great and ready to take on the world to soon realize that the "real" battle has just begun. You have now entered the stage called "I'm saved! Now what?"
There will be a series of postings in hopes to help newly saved souls to continue on with there walk with Jesus Christ. I'm not a pastor, preacher, or teacher; I am simply sharing my experiences and things that have helped me strengthen my relationship with our Father. Ultimately the Holy Spirit gets the credit for my transformation. If you can relate, please post your thoughts. Thank you and God bless!
That question has most definitely posed in my brain. As superficial and ignorant that this might sound, when you are first saved you think everything is going to be shown, clear sighted, and that your issues and tests vanish. I know right, a little bit out there for thought. You see all these beautiful people at church with their light shining so bright, and assume that they have all the answers, and life is unquestionably perfect for them. The fact of the matter is that being saved first of all does not make you perfect nor is it an overnight quick problem solving technique (so get that thought out your mind), it is a learning journey, it is an absolute life style. Its a beautiful journey to begin and to learn about someone way beyond your wildest thought. So anyways, I guess the answer to your question I think is to be consistent with your learning about God, dedicate your life to him, and know that he is always right there .
ReplyDelete@Tanika Massey. First and foremost, thank you for your reply and you insight. Rejoice in the fact that your not alone. We are "all" going through the same process after being saved. Trying to figure out now what? But in our intellectually journey we lose out on the best part of waking up "Jesus in our cup"!lol Our spiritual cup that is. But seriously, we mess out on strengthen the Holy Spirit that lives in us all. Stay encouraged and do not think your thoughts are crazy or insane. That's just the attack of the enemy trying to keep you from knowing God. Just know that your not alone and I too thought the same thing. Stay tune to the next:)
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