By Elizabeth Alexander

In my 33yrs of walking with my Lord Jesus Christ what I have to tell this world is …Christianity is not a “Religion” but “a way of Life”. Once we have made Jesus the Lord of our life, we should walk in obedience to the Word of God if we need to enjoy the fullness of His blessings. Today my prayer is Lord help me to walk in your perfect will and plan.

It was in 1974 that I accepted Jesus as my personal Saviour. My deepest desire was to walk following His footsteps. When I read about baptism in the Gospel of John I wanted to go through such experience of adult baptism. Having being brought up in a Christian home (CSI denomination) I had been blessed with child baptism, first Communion, Sunday school classes, daily morning and evening family prayer and to top it all I was a member of the Church choir from the age of 8 or 10. I knew the creed and common prayers by heart. I loved the church, the songs, the four major functions- Christmas, Good Friday, Easter and Harvest Festival. But sorry to say I did not love the Lord or His Word.

 When I understood baptism is to be taken after repentance and accepting the Lord, I wanted to go through that new life experience. Baptism is an open declaration of ones faith in Christ. By faith our old man is crucified with Christ, buried under water and we come out as a new being with the power of resurrection dwelling in us. God made a way for me to seek a Pentecostal church for adult baptism but they wanted me to be their church member. I made it clear to them that it was not my desire but that I longed for adult baptism. Finally they agreed. But when my family came to know of my baptism my loving father gave me a good slap. He was worried that the church would excommunicate me for this act. From then I lost my freedom. My moves were monitored and my Christian books were confiscated. They thought I had gone crazy. Yes we better be fools for Christ. Wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. When I was of marriageable age I was of the opinion that my parents find me a true Christian boy (born-again) or tell my partner of my baptism. They felt it was foolishness and that I will not get any such match. 

Well our Lord is faithful in everything. Delight in the Lord and He shall fulfill the desires of our heart.[Psalm 37:4] My parents found me the match, I just kept on praying for God’s guidance. Well after marriage as we shared our life’s testimonies I came to know that my husband was born-again, water baptized (adult baptism) Christian, inspite of being a part of a Marthomite family. Praise God! Today we are both missionaries running a home church for our Lord. If we love God keep His Word and feed His sheep. He will perfect all that is concerning us as we yield, co-operate and obey.