He Is Wherever You Are!
"He dwells with you and will be in you."
John 14:17
Many people are reportedly coming to Christ in Iran, but these
believers face intimidation and imprisonment. This happened
to a church leader identified as Wahid. After his conversion, he
received a threatening call, then began to sense that his phone
was being tapped and that he was being followed. One day, he
and many other believers were arrested
and taken to crowded
prison wards with inadequate sanitary facilities. Yet according
to the persecution watchdog organization, Open Doors said:
“Wherever they were and how bad the
conditions and
circumstances were, one thing remained
constant:
these believers still had the Lord
inside them.”
Wahid was eventually forced out of Iran, but, the
church continues to grow. According to Open Doors:
“More Iranians have become Christians in the last 20
years than in the previous 13 centuries put
together.”
The key to a blessed life is knowing God is with you.
Whether you’re in a prison like Wahid or like Joseph in
Genesis, or whether you’re free to express your faith.
The Holy Spirit is with you and in you. Wherever you
are, He is near. He is there.
"I need Jesus. I can’t live without Jesus
for one moment. None of us can."
Wahid
