In the midst of so much fake news,
here is a fact: God is at work in many Muslim nations, bringing those lost in
the religion of Islam to a saving knowledge of Himself in many miraculous ways.
Many are familiar with a report about
Muslims coming to Christ and that God is using dreams and visions to prepare
them, but the stories all seem to be second and third-hand, and it is difficult
for many to know if the accounts are true or not. Ben and Jenny (missionaries in a Muslim
nation) know that the stories are true.
It is a dangerous job to report on
these accounts of Muslims coming to Christ, so Ben and Jenny do not name the
country or give their last names, but they told American Family Radio’s (AFR)
Today’s Issues that the Scripture, Joel 2:28, is coming true – right before
their very eyes. “We seek to share the
Gospel three to five times on a weekly basis, and most of those times are
people [who] have never heard the Gospel,” Ben explained. “They’ve heard of Jesus from the Koran, but
they have vast misconceptions of who Jesus Christ is.”
One of the people they shared Christ
with was a friend of a friend. “She’s
like, it’s really crazy listening to you tell me about your church, because a
couple weeks ago – this was before I even met her – she had a dream about me
and my husband,” Jenny shared the woman’s story. “[And] she said you invited me to your church,
and I came and your husband was preaching and I left with a Bible and she was
even describing what Ben looked like.”
Jenny also said that she is not
surprised that God would use dreams and visions with Muslims to prepare hearts
for His Gospel. “For them and their
culture, dreams mean something, [and] they have books where you can interpret
the dreams and the meanings,” Jenny added. “And so, for her to have a dream, it really
meant something to her. So, I was able
to give her several Bibles before we left.”
Ben is also pleased about the warm
reception to God’s Word. “And several
people from that family are now reading the Scriptures and asking questions, so
we’re super excited,” Ben noted.
Hearing about Muslims describing
dreams and visions is nothing new or uncommon in the West, as many Muslims have
come to Jesus Christ after having dreams, according to the Gospel Coalition. In addition, Tom Doyle, in his book, Dreams and Visions: Is Jesus Awakening the
Muslim World?, talks about many similar stories of Muslims being given dreams
by God.
Praise God for the truth of our Living
Lord making His presence known in the lives all people!
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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