It's easy to say "I am a Christian and I believe that Jesus died for me and I want to surrender my life to Him." It's easy to repeat after what your Pastor asks you to say during an altar call for those who wants to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior. But it isn't as easy as it was when those words came out of your lips once you realize you actually have to do it, literally.
When we say "I love you" to someone for the sake of teasing, its easy to say. Am I right or is it only me? Lol. But when it comes to the person you really adore and love, it'll take more than a pat on the back and words of encouragements from friends to say those three words. Same goes with accepting Christ and mentioning it before Him.
I thought when I went to the altar on that day, when my Pastor from my first Christian church asked those who wants to surrender their lives to Christ to stand up, I really thought "this is it" I followed what my Pastor said and voila, I considered myself as a Christian from then on. I didn't care even if I didn't really understand what happened. What's important was I'm a Christian already. It was only after 4 years that I realized it was more than just saying those sentences.
I thought once you make a declaration of faith in front of the congregation, you're good already. I didn't take it seriously that's why I became a backslider. So when I went back, Praise God, its completely different that time. It took a while for me to say those words again because I wanted to be sure that that time I'm ready. It took me a lot of courage to say the words that God wanted to hear from me. It took me my pride for I know I've gotta hand over the wheel for Jesus to be able to drive my life to the right path. It was real that time. And boy, wasn't I emotional that day?
God has a lot of plans for me and for all of us. It'll take a lot of tests for us to sharpen our faith and mold ourselves into the likeness of Christ.
God is not just asking us to declare our faith but He wants to see our faith in ACTION.
