When I moved to Austin, Texas from the Northeast to start a graduate program in 1987, I left much of my past behind. I was ready to begin a new chapter in my life, not just with school, but also in my relationship with the Lord. To me, that meant a serious reading and studying of the Bible. I had been a Christian for quite some time before then, but I never really understood the Bible. In fact, the Bible was quite a mystery to me, and so God Himself was also a mystery. In Junior and Senior High School, I would carry a small KJV in my shirt pocket. At that point it was more of a superstitious, good luck charm than anything else. But inwardly I longed for the day when the Bible would really be opened up for me.
I met some brothers associated with Christians on Campus the first day I stepped foot on the UT campus, and the four or five of us began a weekly Bible study that has truly changed the whole course of my life. Week after week and page after page the Bible was unfolding right before my eyes, and as a result of this, my experience of Christ was becoming richer and more meaningful.
Perhaps the most significant revelation was to see that I have a human spirit, which I can exercise to contact and worship the Lord. It is there that I was born of God, and it is also there that I continue my relationship with the Lord - not in my flesh, and not in my mind, but in my spirit. Paul wrote to Timothy, “the Lord be with your spirit.” Now I can honestly testify that I have come to know, to enjoy, to be supplied by, and to be regulated by the Lord who is in my spirit. Praise Him! He is worthy!
P. B.
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