Seeds within us

"Seeds Within Us"

Scripture Reading:
Acts 5:32 (HCSB) We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Devotional Reading:

How does a person know that he or she is a Christian? How do we really know? I’ll tell you. We know because the Holy Spirit “bears witness” with our spirit, confirming in our hearts that we are indeed children of God. Beginning with my7th grade  year in middle school, Our lady Madonna, I was a three hour-a-week Christian. I went to church, I was in attendance, I was present and accounted for. I believed I had received Christ at my first communion, but during my high school years I became exceedingly cynical and apathetic. I showed up. That was about it.  In my Marine years, I even laughed at people who were considered “religious” by others, and went along with a lot of chicanery in which I had no business participating. But there were some things I did not do. There were temptations as a young man to get involved in drugs, but I did not give in to them. Looking back, I know why. Even with my cynical attitude, I still felt the witness of God in my life…that inner voice of the Holy Spirit saying, “This is not for you.” When I came back to Christ a few years later and gave myself anew to Him, He was with me. That is the inner witness of the Spirit. We may wander away or run from God, but there is a quiet place in which He deals with us and confirms that we are His own.  It took simple pastor of a small southern baptist church to awaken the Spirit within in.  Top open my eyes to the Lord and set me on a path for His glory.  Over the next few years, the Lord honed my abilities and talents all the while preparing me for what was about to come!

Keep the Son in your eyes,

Pastor Ben J Lahay

Galatians 2:20