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Today is Easter Sunday, and this month, my grandson, Will, will turn 1 year old. He’s an incredible little dude. He is full of life, always looks happy, squawks like a dinosaur, and does things that always leave you laughing…but most importantly, I am so grateful that he is here.
When I heard over a year ago that my daughter was going to have a child, I was so happy for her and her husband. And once I heard the news, it didn’t take very long for me to know what I needed to do as a grandfather. My role was to pray…to pray while my grandson was still in the womb. My prayer to my God was to ask Him to one day save my grandson through my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; My grandson’s Savior…all of our Savior…the Savior of the world!
As my daughter’s pregnancy progressed through the months, my prayer remained ongoing. Now that Will is about to turn 1 years old, my prayer to God is still ongoing. My confidence is certain. My belief is strong. I have proof of this confidence and belief that I hold onto. I will testify to that here.
About 27 years ago, I was in a similar situation with my own son. When my son was in the womb…not here yet…I prayed. As a father-to-be, the only thing I wanted was for my son to be saved by the same God who saved me. Because I have a personal, unique relationship with God, it was not lost on me that I needed to pray and stay in prayer for my son’s salvation. I prayed often, and my prayer was consistent, asking God to prepare my son’s heart for Him even now while in the womb, so that when God called my son to Himself, my son would respond. My son, now 26 years old, accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior on the night of November 28th, 2012. His life was forever changed by the God he called upon. God didn’t answer my prayer that night. Instead, He answered my prayer before my son was ever born. Today, my son’s eternity is secure. He has a relationship with God that I am so grateful for. When this life is over, the Hope that we have in us will come to fruition…an eternity with the Creator who wants to have a relationship with us!
I told you that to tell you this…”Thee will” in the title of this blog is the faithfulness of my God’s will that will save my grandson, Will. You see, what my God showed me in my own son’s life is that what He promises in His Word is True! The journey from the beginning of my prayer asking God to save my son while he was still in the womb, and all my prayers after he was here, to my son accepting Jesus Christ in his life took over 12 years to come to be. I had to wait over 12 years before God’s faithfulness was revealed to me on the night my son took the most important step of his life. The journey was long. I didn’t go into all the details of what those 12 years of waiting on God looked like, but the point is, God was and will be faithful! He will hear your prayer, and He will answer! No promise God makes will go unfulfilled. And let me just say this as well: knowing this, there is nothing like it! If you don’t know the God who made you, man, I can’t even put into words what you are missing out on. If you are reading this for whatever reason that brought you to this blog, and you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, I can only say to you…If you go seeking Jesus, you will find Him. And when you do, your life will be forever changed in a way that will blow your mind.
One day, my grandson, Will, will also come to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. I believe God answered my prayer before he came into this world. My God promises He will be faithful, and I have proof that his words are True! I now wait in anticipation of when this will happen. God will call Will into a relationship with Him. In the meantime, I have the utmost confidence that God is currently preparing my grandson’s heart to receive Him in his timing. All thanks and praise be to the God who is…the Creator of all things!
Here are just a few promises God gives us in his Word:
Philippians 1:6 – “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”
Psalms 145:18-19 – “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.”
1 John 5:14 – “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.”
Psalm 66:19-20 – “But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!”
Mark 11:24- “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
I will wrap this up by praying this:
Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you once again to save my grandson, Will. I ask that you continue to prepare his heart for you, and I trust that you have already done this according to your promises. I ask, trust, and am confident that your will is to save Will. I trust that you hear my cry, and I thank you in advance for when you call Will to yourself. And I ask that on this Easter Sunday, you will save many today through Jesus Christ our Lord. It is in Jesus’ precious name, I pray, amen.
May God answer your prayers today as we come to Him this Easter Sunday. And to those in your life that you are praying for that they will come to Christ, and yet they still have not. Don’t stop praying. God is faithful and will answer in his timing. He tells us He hears us. I have witnessed it in my life, and I know God is not done yet!
To my grandson, Will, I can’t wait until God calls you to eternal life in your Lord Jesus Christ! I can’t help but wonder when that day will come…But I know it will come all the same, for God has answered grandpa’s cry for you.
And finally, to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ: Thank you for dying on the cross for us! For you said, “It is finished”, and death has been defeated.
Happy Easter to all…He is risen!
Have Character!
J. Noah Russell
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