Experiencing Christ
Experience Christ for Yourself. I have read many books by authors relating their triumphs in Christ.
I have read many devotionals, leading me to believe that person had truly experienced God. I
believed they knew God in a way so few Christians ever do in this life. Many are not willing to go
through the fire of discipline because it usually comes through sorrow. “And hereby we do know that
we know him, if we keep his commandments.” (I John 2:3). I know myself for a long time as a
Christian I didn’t really want to get serious with God. I wanted the blessings, but I didn’t want God
to get rough with me. Thankfully, I have found that through the rough spots I experience the soft
hand of God leading the way. Through the turbulence I feel His steadying arm. He leads me through
the fire, but I am not burned. I want to know for myself that God will never leave nor forsake His
own. I want to know for myself that He is ever faithful. I want to know for myself that He is Light
when there’s darkness all around. I want to know for myself that He is the Answer when I have so
many questions. The only way to know, really know, is to experience Christ for myself. I can’t rely
on the devotions of others, as wonderful as they are. I want to jump into Christ and live by faith.
“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know
him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God,
and eternal life.” (I John 5:20). “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;” (Philippians 3:10). Have
you experienced Christ?
Tammy Miller
Boiling Springs, SC
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PRAYER CORNER
The third goal of Farther Still is “to see how praise and prayer go hand in hand.” Are we seeing this?
