This past Wednesday, my pastor opened a discussion before we started reading from 1 Peter 1. He asked, “how do you know that you’re saved?”
I’d like to extend that same question to you, reader. How do you know you’re saved?
The day I was saved, I felt Jesus reach into my heart and take out the stones of unforgiveness, and I felt it as He baptized me with the Holy Spirit. He gave me a brand new heart of living flesh, just as God had promised He would do in Ezekiel 11:19 and Ezekiel 36:26.
Instantly, I became changed. My heart was alive, burning with a gentle fire. I was changed and transformed into a new person, made into a new version of myself. I felt different. I thought differently. Opinions and beliefs I had held for years changed instantly. I was also suddenly feeling much lighter, as the heavy weight of sin I didn’t know I had been carrying was lifted off of me. I knew I would never be the same.
I spent several weeks confessing and sobbing over all the sins I could think of that I had committed in my life. I felt so horrible for all the things I had done. I realized I was not the good person I had thought I was.
My interests and desires started changing rapidly. I was so hungry for Jesus and wanted so badly to know and understand what kind of life He wants me to live that I voraciously read the bible. And when I finished it, I started it again.
I found that Jesus was the piece of me I didn’t know I was missing. And I found that a relationship with God, really knowing Him, really being able to spend time with Him and communicate with Him, and the peace He gives that is so great you can’t explain it, is the greatest blessing and gift a person can ever receive.
Experiencing God’s love firsthand and having a real relationship with Him is so wonderful that there are no words to describe it.
If you don’t know Jesus, you’re really missing out.
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