From darkness to light (2) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

He (God) is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.
Job 33:24.

From darkness to light (2)
"The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7). I re-read those words and said, "That doesn't apply to a murderer like me!"

The following night I had the greatest struggle of my life. My heart called to God for mercy, and He answered me. I found peace in the morning. God gave me the assurance that Jesus had died for my sins, too. So I was ready to go into death with the Lord Jesus.

The death sentence was unexpectedly commuted to life imprisonment. Death was no longer in store for me but a long, lonely imprisonment. Lonely, no, for Jesus would be with me. Later I was transferred to a penal work institution. My comrades were amazed at the happy expression on my face. I told them my experience. Some laughed, others became thoughtful and asked for a Bible. With the permission of the prison governor, who had noticed the change in me, I could distribute thirty Bibles and about a hundred Christian tracts to prisoners over a period of time. In this way some of my comrades found salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ. I clearly still have a mission to fulfil here, although I myself did not deserve God's mercy."

So far the prisoner's story. When someone recently asked me ironically whether I had ever seen a miracle, I told him this story. The scoffer became pensive; it seemed to me that in his heart he longed for the happiness that that prisoner had.

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Today's reading: Genesis 25:1-18 · Psalms 9:11-20