DRAWN BACK BY GRACE

Will
4 days ago
3 min read

by Will, who worships at International Christian Fellowship, Vietnam.

Today, I would like to share how God revealed His love, care, and power in my life.

Over the past few months, I slowly realised that my spiritual life had become dry. Without noticing it, I had neglected spending time in God's Word and prayer. As my intimacy with God weakened, I gradually allowed the enemy's lies to influence my thinking, and I lost sight of my true spiritual condition.

Everything began to change during one of my one-to-one discipleship sessions with my leader.

As we spent time together, I experienced God's love and care through him. The Holy Spirit gently revealed the condition of my heart, helping me recognise the areas where I needed to change and drawing me back into a closer relationship with God.

Through this experience, I learnt that no matter where I am in my walk with Him, even when my heart drifts away, God never stops caring for me. He lovingly pursues His children and calls us back to Himself. Realising this touched me deeply and reminded me once again of His unconditional love and faithfulness.

God did not only restore my heart. He also revealed His healing power in my life.

For about a week, I had been suffering from severe pain in my leg. The pain became so intense that I struggled to walk properly and could not jump or move freely.

During our discipleship session, my leader laid his hands on my leg and prayed for me. As he prayed, I felt warmth flow through my leg. When the prayer ended, I carefully tested it. The pain had already reduced significantly. Moments later, I could walk normally and even jump without any pain.

Hallelujah!

Before that prayer, even simple movements caused my knees to hurt. Yet God healed me through prayer.

This experience taught me something precious about divine healing. Medicine is a gift from God and often plays an important role in helping people recover. Yet there are times when only God can do what seems impossible. On that day, He answered our prayers immediately. I witnessed His power personally, and my faith was strengthened. I know with greater confidence than ever before that nothing is impossible for God.

More importantly, this whole experience reminded me that God's greatest work is not only healing our bodies, but also restoring our hearts to Himself.

I am deeply thankful for the blessing of one-to-one discipleship. Through my leaders' teaching, training, and loving correction, I have learnt to listen, to submit to wise counsel, and to grow in my walk with God.

Today, I see God's love, power, and faithfulness more clearly than ever before. I thank Him for correcting me, drawing me back into close fellowship with Him, and demonstrating His healing power in my life.

My prayer is that I will continue to trust Him, seek Him daily, and walk closely with Him.

"Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you." (James 4:8a, ESV)

All glory belongs to God.

Amen.