God's Holy Smiles!
"They looked to Him and were radiant"
Psalm 34: 5
One Sunday the powerful Scottish preacher, Alexander Maclaren,
spotted a well-known skeptic in
the audience. That man attended
several Sundays and made the profession to receive Christ as his
Savior. Maclaren asked what message had brought the man to his
decision. “Your sermons, sir, were helpful,” replied the man, “but
they were not what finally
persuaded me to become a Christian.
A few weeks ago as I was leaving church, I noticed an elderly lady
with a radiant face. Because she was making her way with difficulty
on the icy street, I offered to help her. As we walked along
together,
she looked up at me and said, ‘I wonder if you know my Savior,
Jesus Christ? He is everything in the world to me. I want you
to love Him, too.’
Those few words touched my heart, and when I
got home, I knelt down and received the Savior.”
Even those in the grip of sin and frailty can recognize a true
believer in Jesus Christ. When they see the joy of Christ in
our life, it becomes a convicting moment. There’s a sermon
in the holy smiles of God’s faithful people.
"If you go about doing good, speaking love
and truth, radiant with His Spirit, they will
be reading in you the Gospel after all."
Vance Havner
