Changing direction - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

I was brought low, and he saved me.
Psalm 116:6.

Changing direction
A former soldier gives this report of his life:

"I could sense a terrible vacuum within me, so that I sank into serious depression. I expected nothing from the Christian faith. God did not exist for me as a person. Divine things were simple and tangible - all that enabled people to live like air, sun, water and food. Jesus preached love, but He was only a human being. The Bible was a book like any other and belonged to the realm of fantasy literature.

I was doing military service. After an evening in the bar of my regiment a comrade started talking to me about Jesus Christ. Although I was somewhat tipsy, during the night I began to think over what he said. The next day I hitchhiked home for the weekend. My driver invited me to a cup of coffee on the way.

When we entered a Christian café, a brief sermon was just ending. We talked to the preacher, and what he said affected me very much. It was clear that God was calling me, for I didn't believe in chance. Suddenly I understood and agreed that I needed to change fundamentally.

In the following weeks I often spoke to my comrade about the gospel. We went to the weekly Bible study meetings in a Christian fellowship. Then I started attending services in my home village, and a few months later I was baptised.

The Lord Jesus has changed me and my life completely. Now I have belonged to Him for over thirty years. And although life has not always been easy for me during this time, I regret nothing.

Today's reading: Leviticus 14:33-57 · Psalms 62:1-12