Devotional: A New Christian

The Criminal that Started Again

Jim Vaus was a new Christian.
He was a wire tapper for the underworld gang in Los Angeles. He listened to Billy Graham at a large meeting and he decided to ‘go for God.’

The morning after Jim Vaus decided to put God in charge of his life he read the morning newspaper. The headlines said, ‘Gangster For Christ’.

Now everyone would know about him but worse than that, his gang would know he had given up his crime life. What would they think? Horrors! They would probably call him a traitor and
decide to get rid of him—perhaps kill him.

As he put down the paper he saw two tough gangsters arrive in a large car. Yesterday he would have run away but today he didn’t run. He had read a verse in the Bible that morning. It said, “When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his enemies live at peace with him.”
Jim believed that.


So Jim opened the door and the gunmen gave him a job to do—another crime. But Jim just told them “No.”
His heart had changed. He belonged to God now.
The gangsters were too shocked for a moment to move
and then they quietly turned and left.
Phh! Jim’s life was saved! God had kept His promise.
You can read the promise in Proverbs 16:7
Jim did have peace. God is true to His word.

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