Run-away

Recently I tried to “persuade” a friend to be a believer. He asked if anybody has believed in Jesus once and then later on converted into a un-believer. There are quite few of them. If counting the persons who are believers in the words but unbelievers in their actions, there are even more.

He commented: “I need to know what those people are thinking before deciding if I should choose to be a believer”.

When I first become a Christian, I heard stories from a senior person in our small group, that his biological brother was a Christian but changed into a unbeliever later on in his life. I found myself right way not impressed by this Jesus and his saving capability anymore.

If He is truly powerful how can he let people go? If Christianity is truly the only way of life, why people run away after they found the treasure?

Recently, I begin to think differently. It is actually “the process” God will bring them back. Maybe the runaway is the opportunity that God will bring them into a deeper relationship. Without the runaway, there are things they would not understand. God’s mercy is great enough, even to cover all kinds of runaways.

There are things happening in my life I don’t understand, I was disappointed with life once. I was a runway, do not want anything to do with this Jesus. But God is great enough to use this exact area to show me the way.

Allowing runaway is because He is able, His mercy covers all and His blood redeems everything.

Don’t judge the “run-away’er” but pray for them, making this the very opportunity that God will use to build roots with them.