(Happy birthday, Dennis!)
"I have never converted anybody.
Only Christ can change the course of a man’s life"
In my praying time this afternoon I found myself pondering my life, so far, up to the present moment. As I get older I am doing that more and more.
The thought comes to me that I am not trying to convert people to the good news of Jesus. But I am, with the best of whatever I have become, trying to present the good news to others with clarity, depth, and personal testimony.
Trying to change people's hearts is mostly, if not entirely, undoable. But I can present the lure to the fish, and leave the results to the Lord of the harvest. I can fish. I can invite. I can't force the fish to take the bait. I can lead a fish to the hook, but I can't make them bite.
When, fifty-five years ago, the Holy Spirit came upon me, I became a convert and a witness for Jesus. I desire people to be found by Christ, as I have been found. I can witness to this greatest event in my life. Then, I can leave the converting to God.
