"Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth...to every nation, tribe, language and people." --Revelation 14:6

One day angels will uniquely share the Gospel to the entire world!  This verse came to mind recently when I was given the privilege of speaking to a conference that was established to bring together the brightest minds and the best ideas possible.  I was one of 50 presenters who was given 17 minutes to say whatever I chose to an audience of 600 men and women who had paid $4000 per person to listen.  And I was the first evangelical Christian to be invited in the 11-year history of the gathering.

I very simply told my story that included the laying of my life's foundation of faith in Jesus Christ. I began with the fact that three years ago that very day, my Mother was buried.  At that moment I had been so grateful I had laid a foundation in my life that was stable enough to see me through such a difficult, life-wrenching experience.  I then reflected that several years ago I had to rebuild the foundation of our house when I remodeled because the contractor said it was too weak to support new construction. Then I related our house to life, and to the fact that we need to establish a strong foundation before we start building on top of it, or we won't be able to withstand the storms of death, disease, disappointment and other problems that invariably come.  I clarified that the Foundation of my life is Jesus Christ, the living Word of God, and the Bible, the written Word of God.

Then I went into my story...my decision as a young girl to ask Jesus to forgive me of my sin. I explained what the Cross meant to me.  I told them how I had been confronted as a teenager by the fact that when I stood before God I would not impress Him with who my parents were, but that I would give an account to Him for my own life.  And so I had told Him I wanted my life to count.  I wanted to live a life of significance from His perspective. Several years later, at the age of 26, I found myself so busy as a young mother that I had drifted from God, was homesick for Him, and began to pursue Him in the pages of my Bible.

I told them that I had begun reading in Genesis, and that’s when Abraham walked into my life.  It was Abraham’s example that challenged me to embark on a journey to know God in a relationship that one day He would acknowledge as a friendship—a journey that would be daily, and that would last a lifetime. Knowing God became my magnificent obsession.  Because:

I believe that there is one, true, living God.

I believe that He is the Creator of the heavens and earth, including you and me.

I believe that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

I believe that Jesus Christ is His only Son...not God, Jr., but God in the flesh...fully Man and fully God.

I believe that Jesus was born of a virgin...that God is His physical Father.

I believe that Jesus died on the Cross as God's sacrifice to make atonement for my sin, and that if I claim His death on my behalf, I will be forgiven of all my sin and reconciled to God in a right relationship.

I believe that Jesus was buried.

I believe that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day.

I believe that Jesus ascended into Heaven where He is even now praying for me, and preparing His home    for me.

I believe that He sits at His Father's right hand, and any day will return to this earth to rule.

I believe, therefore, that in the end, love will win out over hate, and good will win out over evil, and right will win out over wrong.

I concluded by citing what is perhaps the most significant verse in the Bible, John 3:16. I described it as the North Star of the Bible, because if you align your life with it, you can find your way Home.

I remember some polite applause and a few gracious words spoken by the host as I walked off the stage.  But what difference did it make? Like the angels who shared the Gospel in mid-air without knowing who on earth responded, this AnGeL is left to wonder the same.  Yet Romans 10:14 reminds me, How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?  And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?

So I praise God for the privilege of telling others about Jesus, and I pray that they will believe in the One of whom they have now heard. 

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